A trade mark application was published this week that appears close to your business name.
The UK Trade Marks Journal is published every Friday. When an accepted application is close to a name an established business already uses, there is a defined window — normally two months from publication — in which options exist. After it closes, most of them don't.
WeeklyJournal publication cycle (Fridays)
2 monthsStandard opposition window from publication
+1 monthPossible extension if a notice of threatened opposition is filed (TM7A)
£395Fixed fee. No hourly billing, no obligation to act.
What the brief contains
Every statement in the brief is traceable to an official public record — the Trade Marks Journal and the UK trade marks register. Where something cannot be verified, the brief says so.
What was published — application number, mark, applicant, publication date and journal issue, verbatim from the official record.
What the application actually covers — the goods and services classes claimed, in plain English.
How it relates to your name — a similarity assessment based on verified facts, clearly labelled as a technical comparison, not a legal conclusion.
Your realistic options — including doing nothing, where the verified facts support that. If there is nothing you need to act on, the brief will say exactly that.
The timetable — the opposition window calculated from the verified publication date, with the possible TM7A shift explained. No invented deadlines.
What it deliberately is not
It is not legal advice and not a legal opinion. We are an independent intelligence service, not a law firm, and not the Intellectual Property Office.
It does not assert that anyone has infringed anything or done anything wrong.
It does not tell you that you must oppose, must pay anything, or face invented penalties.
If your situation needs a solicitor or trade mark attorney, the brief says so and stops there.
£395 one-off · digital PDF · 3 working days
Trademark Evidence & Options Brief, prepared on your specific published application by a named reviewer, with every material fact carrying an evidence reference.
How it works: you tell us the application number (or we confirm it from your business name) — we verify it against the official record, prepare the brief, and send it. Payment is taken upfront; if our verification finds the application does not in fact relate to your name, we tell you before you pay anything.
The £95 snapshot. What was published (application number, classes, goods and services), whether it touches your trade, what it does not cover, and your realistic options while the opposition window is open — mapped to your business in plain English. Full refund if it concludes there is nothing to act on.
The full brief plus twelve months of weekly monitoring of the Trade Marks Journal for further applications near your name. The journal lands every Friday; we watch it so you don't have to, and you hear from us only when the verified facts say something needs your attention.
Published applications, publication dates, marks, classes
Open Government Licence v3.0
UK trade marks register (IPO)
Per-application status verification
Open Government Licence v3.0
Companies House
Company identity, status and name history
Companies House licence terms
Fair questions
Isn't this something I can check myself? Yes — the register is public and free. What you're paying for is the monitoring that found it, the verification against the official record, the plain-English read of what the classes actually cover, and an honest answer when the answer is "nothing to do".
What if the deadline has already passed? We check the verified publication date before you pay, and we won't sell you a brief about a closed window.
Do you act for us after that? No. We don't file oppositions, send letters, or represent anyone. If you need those steps, the brief sets out what they are and you take them with a qualified professional of your choosing.
This page is general information about a documented monitoring and reporting service. It is not legal advice, and nothing on it should be read as asserting any legal position about any specific trade mark. Deadline references reflect the standard statutory opposition window and its known possible extension; the official record is the only reliable source for any specific case.