UK trade mark registration
Read about reviewing the mark, preparing goods and services and submitting a UK application.
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UK TRADE MARK REPRESENTATION
UK trade mark support
for overseas clients.
Corpinal IP Limited helps overseas businesses and IP firms with UK trade mark applications, searches and UKIPO matters. Work directly with Nitin Agarwal, a UK Chartered Trade Mark Attorney, and agree the scope and fees before instruction.
Send the proposed mark, intended owner, goods or services and any existing application numbers. Tell us about foreign filing dates, UK plans and deadlines so we can discuss the appropriate next step.
WHO WE HELP
UK protection with a clear point of responsibility.
Businesses entering the UK
If your company is based outside the UK, we can discuss a UK application in the correct owner’s name, suitable goods and services and any need for a clearance search before filing.
Overseas IP firms
If you are instructing for a client, identify your firm, the applicant and the UK work required. We agree the engagement, reporting contact and responsibility for deadlines before acting.
Existing UK applications
For an examination objection, opposition or other UKIPO matter, provide the application number, correspondence and deadline. We first establish whether we can act and what work is needed.
UK FILING AND REPRESENTATION
Support for the UK stage of your brand protection.
A foreign registration does not itself give UK registered trade mark protection. We help you assess the UK work needed alongside any existing overseas rights. The scope may cover a new UK application or a defined stage of an existing matter.
Your quote identifies professional fees, official fees and the work included. Searches, substantive objections, oppositions and other later work are separately agreed where outside that scope.
Review the applicant and proposed mark
Confirm the intended legal owner, the name or logo and relevant earlier filings. Tell us immediately about any priority claim you wish to make so the requirements and timing can be assessed.
Prepare a UK specification
Translate your business activities into appropriate goods and services and classes. An overseas specification may need review for the UK application and your actual business plans.
Prepare and file the UK application
Review the proposed application details before filing. When appointed as representative, we provide the agreed UKIPO representation and use our address for service for that matter.
Deal with an existing UKIPO issue
We can assess examination objections and trade mark opposition matters. Send the official notice and complete correspondence; the procedural position, documents and deadline determine the work required.
Agree reporting and future work
For professional instructions, agree whether reports go to your firm or the applicant, who approves the work and which deadlines we are responsible for. Renewals and portfolio support are available under separately agreed instructions.
A CLEAR PROCESS
From overseas instruction
to agreed UK work.
01
Send the UK brief
Identify the applicant, mark, goods or services, relevant filings and dates. Overseas firms should also identify the instructing firm and contact.
02
Agree scope and fees
We consider whether we can act and explain the proposed UK work, fees and any further information needed.
03
Approve the work
Confirm the engagement and review application details or proposed documents before filing where relevant.
04
Receive UK updates
Receive reports on the agreed matter and explanations of decisions or further instructions required.
YOUR ATTORNEY
Practical advice. Direct contact.
Nitin Agarwal is a Chartered Trade Mark Attorney and founder of Corpinal IP Limited, based in Ilford, London. He advises UK and overseas businesses and IP firms on trade mark protection, clearance, prosecution and disputes.
QUESTIONS FROM OVERSEAS CLIENTS
Planning UK protection?
These answers explain the starting point. Your circumstances, filing route and any existing proceedings determine the advice and work needed.
Yes. The application must identify the correct legal owner and meet UK filing requirements, including a valid address for service. We can discuss preparing the application and acting as the UK representative.
An overseas national registration does not itself provide UK registered protection. The appropriate UK route depends on your existing rights and circumstances. Tell us about earlier applications and any intended priority claim.
Yes. We can discuss UK work for your client, subject to conflict checks and agreed engagement terms. Identify the applicant and instructing firm, the work required and all relevant deadlines.
When appointed as representative for an agreed matter, we use our address for service for the instructed work. This is part of the representation arrangement; do not assume that forwarding a notice or making an enquiry appoints us. See the UKIPO address-for-service guidance.
Send the mark, applicant details, goods or services and relevant application numbers. For an existing matter, include the official notice and deadline. We provide an individual quote identifying scope, professional fees and official fees.
We can assess the documents and discuss representation for the relevant stage, subject to availability, conflict checks and agreed instructions. For an imminent deadline, telephone us as well as sending your enquiry. See our objection-response and opposition-defence services.
RELATED GUIDANCE
Make an informed next move.
UK trade mark searches
Consider earlier rights before a UK launch or filing. Agree the search scope and the advice required.
UKIPO address for service
The UKIPO explains where an address for service must be located and the rules for applications and existing rights.
DISCUSS YOUR UK MATTER
Tell us what you
need in the UK.
Send the mark or application number, applicant details, the UK work required and any deadlines. If you are an overseas firm, include your firm’s name and preferred reporting contact.
We agree the scope and fees before substantive work begins. Sending an enquiry does not confirm that we are acting or monitoring a deadline.