Established Representative at the UK Intellectual Property Office — since 2008New scam warning · 27 Oct: Jones Hedley Trademark Website: A Real Firm’s…
A UK registration lasts ten years and can be renewed indefinitely — miss the window and the mark lapses.
per renewal term
Coming soon — a short walkthrough of this stage.
A UK trademark registration runs for ten years and can be renewed for further ten-year periods, indefinitely. The IPO will remind you as renewal approaches.
If a registration is not renewed it expires, and after a grace period it is removed from the register (you may see the status shown as “Expired”, “Removed” or “Dead”). A removed mark is no longer protected and the name can become available to others.
Renewal is also a natural moment to review your portfolio — new products, new markets or new classes may need fresh protection.
Your mark expires and, after a short grace period, is removed from the register — and the name can become available to others. There is a limited window to restore it, so act fast.
Answered by Jonathan Paton, Founder & CEOMany are not. Scam “renewal” letters with urgent deadlines and bank details are extremely common. Always check with us before paying anything.
Answered by Jonathan Paton, Founder & CEOThe register is public, so you will receive official-looking letters and emails about your mark. Most are scams. Do not pay or reply to anything before checking with us — genuine updates appear on your Temmy portal, and we keep a directory of known scams.
We set your application live so you can see exactly where it is, in real time. Need login details? Just ask and we will send you a link.
Includes our Care of Address, which keeps your home address off the public register and cuts scam mail at source.
No obligation. Bring your name, logo or tagline and we will tell you where you stand.
Figures are derived from analysis of the public UK Intellectual Property Office trademark register (applications filed 2015 to 2023, a settled cohort of 1,340,875 marks). They describe the typical journey of a UK trademark application and are for general information — every application is different.
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