Community Trade Marks (CTMs)

We are qualified European Trade Mark Attorneys, specializing in filing and prosecuting CTM Applications, as well as opposition, invalidation and revocation proceedings before the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM).

 

A CTM is a cost effective tool to obtain pan-European protection throughout all 27 Member States of the European Union in a single registration, namely: -

 

Austria, Benelux (Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg), Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. 

 

For more information on the CTM procedure, including costs, please click here.

We can prepare, file and prosecute UK Trade Mark Applications at the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) on you or your Client's behalf, if applicable, claiming priority from corresponding foreign Trade Mark Applications filed within the preceding 6 months.For more information on the UK Trade Mark Application procedure, including costs, please click here.

Prior to filing a new Trade Mark Application or commencing use of a proposed Trade Mark in the UK, we generally advise that searches are conducted to ensure that the particular Trade Mark is free for use and/or registration and does not conflict with earlier third party registered or unregistered rights. We should be pleased to advise further in this regard and provide a cost estimate for searching.

Provisional Refusals in Europe (CTM) or UK

We can represent you or your Clients in the prosecution of Provisional Refusals raised by the UKIPO  or OHIM and/or third party oppositions raised against the UK and/or CTM designations of International (Madrid Protocol) Registrations.

In addition, we can file and prosecute International (Madrid Protocol) Registrations via the UKIPO or OHIM on you or your Client's behalf. The Madrid Protocol system enables a UK resident individual or company to file a Madrid Protocol Registration based upon a "home" UK/CTM Application or Registration and designate any country that is party to the Madrid Protocol. At present, over fifty countries are party to the Madrid Protocol system in Europe, America, Asia, Australasia and Canada. For more information on the procedure for obtaining a Madrid Protocol Registration, please click here.

We have a worldwide network of associates and can provide extremely competitive rates for filing Trade Mark Applications outside of your present country. Please click here to enquire about this.