What the advantages of filing a UK Trademark

What the advantages of filing a UK Trademark and how much does it cost?

You can register your trade mark to protect your brand, e.g. the name of your product or service.

When you register your trade mark, you’ll be able to:

• take legal action against anyone who uses your brand without your permission, including counterfeiters
• put the ® symbol next to your brand - to show that it’s yours and warn others against using it
• sell and license your brand

In some ways it's even more important for start-ups to protect their brand with a registered trademark as you have not yet built up a reputation/goodwill or unregistered rights in your brand.

Here are our costs for UK, EU and US:

Pre-filing search and advice report

We always advise that clients have a search before filing. We search against existing identical or similar trade marks in relation to identical or similar goods or services and essentially advise you as to whether you should proceed with an application. We also advise on minimising the likelihood of confusion with other marks, includes drafting a specification and advice on whether your mark can function as a trade mark. We also advise on ways of improving the registrability of your mark.

We will also draft the correct classes for you in the report.

Please note that free searches are available but they do not always give accurate and sensible advice!

You can choose from the following options:

1. £50.00+VAT basic UK or CTM search

2. £100.00+VAT advanced search of the above plus the TM view which covers each individual EU member state

3. £175.00+VAT advance plus which includes all of the above plus a search of unregistered rights (internet search/companies house)

UK Fees

1. Our legal fee: £150.00+VAT

2. UKIPO fee: £170 nil vat and £50.00 each class above one.

EU fees

A European registration covers all 28 member states (including the UK). The process will take approximately 06-09 months.

1. Legal cost for an application will be £300.00 + VAT; and

2. OHIM application fee for up to 3 classes will be €900.00. You will need to pay this direct to OHIM within 1 month of filing.

US fees:

1. Search report: £75.00+VAT

2. Legal fee is £500 + VAT.

3. Filing fee is $275 per class

Please get in touch if you'd like to proceed and I'll be more than happy to assist you by getting the search underway. Once we receive your instructions to proceed, we will carry out the search, prepare the report, write a letter of advice and send these to you within 24 hours.

Price Promise & Service Guarantee

The team here at Trademarkroom are committed to giving you the best possible service at the lowest possible price, free from any hidden charges. As a team of qualified solicitors, we've been offering trade mark services for over 10 years and have seen many competitors come and go during that time. We believe our services to be the best value for money on the market, both in terms of quality and cost. Please get in touch if you've received a written quote better than ours - we think you'll struggle to find one!