UK trade mark filings

We can help protect your brand.  Our specialist trade mark lawyers guide you through each stage of the UK trade mark filing process, from initial strategy and clearance searches, through to filing and registration.  We provide clear, commercially focused advice at every stage.

We blend solicitor and trade mark attorney expertise, providing the full range of trade mark services under one roof. From clearance searches to trade mark filings, oppositions and disputes, watch services and portfolio management, we support clients throughout the entire lifecycle of trade mark protection in the UK and worldwide.

What we do

Our services include: 

• Trade mark clearance searches - we carry out tailored UK clearance searches aimed at identifying potential risks, and provide practical assessments.
• Trade mark filing - we prepare and file UK trade mark applications, and are experienced at navigating clients through any objections or issues that may arise.
• Oppositions - we are highly experienced at managing and resolving trade mark oppositions. 
• Ongoing management - once registered, we manage trade mark portfolios, including monitoring renewals, and operating trade mark ‘watch’ services to identify new trade mark applications similar to your brands. 

Recent experience

• Advising a leading UK fashion brand on brand protection strategy, including carrying out clearance searches and overseeing the successful registration of numerous marks in the UK and internationally.
• Handling UK filings and portfolio management for numerous overseas associates, including fashion brands, pharmaceutical brands, and creative industries brands.
• Managing an extensive international trade mark portfolio for a market-leading UK software business, including operating watch services, trade mark filings, renewals, and advising on incorporating IP rights of new acquisitions into the portfolio.
• Numerous successful trade mark oppositions, cancellations and revocations, including AFFINITY (O/766/18), OLD JOHN (O/281/19), WILLIAM MORRIS AT HOME (O/0027/24), and WALLIS (O/0124/26).
• Worldwide management of the extensive trade mark portfolio of a UK pharmaceutical business, including international filings, revocations and oppositions, monitoring and advising on renewals.
• Representing a UK hair and beauty company in opposition and cancellation proceedings at the UKIPO.

Meet the team

JMW’s experienced intellectual property team has a strong track record of protecting and enforcing brands.  We act for brand owners, national and international businesses, and owner-managed businesses.