Watching Service

It is important to ensure that others do not start to use or try to register your trade marks.

Many Trade Marks Offices (including the UK Trade Marks Office and the Community Trade Marks Office) do not object to applications even if they conflict with existing registered marks or prior pending applications; Companies House will register company names that are very similar to existing names and without regard to trade mark rights; and domain names can be registered even though they might be liable to conflict with prior rights of others – and this means that the onus is on brand owners to ensure the protection of their own marks. A Watching Service is therefore important to your business. To view our Briefing Note regarding the recent change in the way in which the UK Trade Marks Office examines applications and the importance of a Watching Service, please click here.

We can set up a suitable Watching Service for you. This will mean that you will be notified when anyone else files a trade mark application or registers a company name or a domain name that is the same or similar to your trade mark. We can then advise you as to the action that you should take in order to ensure that your mark is not registered by others.

Click here to make an enquiry about this service.