Intellectual Property Office
Disclaimer
We have designed this service to support new trade mark applicants. It provides guidance on whether your application could be successful based on the information you provide.
Whilst getting a trade mark registration is not mandatory, having a trade mark helps to stop people stealing or copying your brand or product name. The service will seek to identify registered UK marks that may be of interest to you.
It does not provide a complete summary of all the grounds on which we may reject a trade mark application. For example, the service will not identify:
- if your proposed trade mark is capable of distinguishing your goods or services from other goods or services available
- whether your proposed trade mark is substantially identical with or deceptively similar to an existing trade mark
- any indication of the prospects of success of obtaining registration under the Trade Marks Act 1995
- any possible opposition grounds that your application may encounter in seeking registration of the trade mark
We will not examine or register any proposed trade mark you submit using this service. You will still need to submit your trade mark through our 'Apply to register a trade mark' service so our examiners can consider it for registration under the Trade Marks Act 1994.
If you choose to apply, we make no guarantee that we will register your trade mark. This pre-application support service is not a substitute for legal advice. Where appropriate, you should seek independent advice from a registered trade mark attorney.
By using this service, you agree that you have read and understood the terms of the disclaimer that applies to using the improve your chances of registering a trade mark service.
This service will only review Trade Marks with a current active status. To learn more on active status' and what they mean, please refer to the IPO Glossary of Terms for Active Status Definition.For detailed information about a specific Trade Mark's status, please refer to the link associated with the status on the individual Trade Mark page.