How much does trademark monitoring cost in the UK?

TMGuard offers trademark monitoring from £99/year (£74 net after tax relief). This includes weekly UK journal scanning, email alerts with risk scoring, and renewal reminders. Business plans add EU monitoring from £249/year. Professional plans add US monitoring from £499/year. Traditional solicitor monitoring services typically cost £500-2,000/year.

How do I oppose a trademark in the UK?

You have 2 months from the publication date in the UK Trade Marks Journal to file an opposition. First, file a TM7a (free) to extend your deadline by 1 month. Then file a TM7 (£100) with your grounds for opposition. TMGuard guides you through your options at each step.

When do UK trademarks need to be renewed?

UK trademarks must be renewed every 10 years from the filing date. Renewal costs £200 for one class plus £50 for each additional class. TMGuard sends escalating reminders at 12, 6, 3, and 1 month before renewal.

TMGuard is a UK, EU and US trademark monitoring platform for small businesses. It scans 21 million+ trademarks across the UK IPO, EUIPO and USPTO registers, alerts you to conflicts, guides you through opposition options, and tracks renewal deadlines - from £99/year.

A TM7a is a Notice of Threatened Opposition filed with the UK IPO. It is free to file and extends your opposition deadline by one month without committing to full opposition.

How many trademarks does TMGuard monitor?

TMGuard monitors over 21 million trademarks across three official registers: 3.88 million UK marks from the IPO (records from 1876), 3.14 million EU marks from EUIPO (including 446,888 Madrid Protocol designations), and 14 million US marks from the USPTO (records from 1823). All data is sourced directly from official registers and updated daily.

Can TMGuard monitor trademarks in the US?

Yes. TMGuard monitors the USPTO register with 14 million+ marks dating back to 1823. US monitoring is included on Business plans and above. The US opposition window is 30 days from publication, extendable to 120 days.

Over 1 million trademarks filed in 2025

15 April 2026·3 min read

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Over one million trademark applications were filed across the UK, EU, and US in 2025. That is 2,776 new applications every single day, each one a potential conflict with an existing brand.

We pulled the numbers from our database of 21 million+ marks across three official registers. Here is what the filing trend data shows.

The 2025 numbers

The UK IPO received 197,759 trademark applications in 2025. EUIPO received 191,101. The USPTO received 624,766. The combined total: 1,013,626.

The US dominates by volume, accounting for 62% of all filings across the three registers. The UK and EU are closely matched, with the UK edging ahead by around 6,600 applications.

Q1 2026: what is the pace this year?

In the first quarter of 2026, the UK IPO received 50,356 applications (annualised rate: approximately 201,000). EUIPO received 44,138 (annualised: approximately 177,000). The USPTO received 162,282 (annualised: approximately 649,000). The combined Q1 total: 256,776.

The UK is tracking roughly flat compared to 2025. The EU is slightly down (annualised ~177K vs 191K in 2025). The US is slightly up. Overall, the pace in 2026 is broadly consistent with 2025.

What does this mean for brand owners?

More filings means more potential conflicts. Every one of those 2,776 daily applications could contain a name, logo, or slogan that conflicts with an existing trademark, yours included.

The opposition windows are short. In the UK, you have 2 months from publication to oppose a conflicting application. In the EU, 3 months. In the US, 30 days (extendable). Miss the window and your options become significantly more expensive and less certain.

At this volume of new filings, manual monitoring is not realistic. Even if you checked the UK IPO journal every week, you would still miss the 3,562 applications filed at EUIPO and USPTO that same week.

The cost of missing a conflict

The numbers speak for themselves. A forced rebrand after trademark infringement costs between £65,000 and £275,000 according to Tidman Legal. An opposition hearing at the UK IPO typically costs £15,000 to £30,000. Catching a conflict early, within the opposition window, costs a fraction of that.

TMGuard monitors all 21 million+ marks across three registers and alerts you when a new filing conflicts with your brand. Plans start at £99/year.

Where do filings cluster?

The most active Nice classes vary by jurisdiction, but certain categories consistently attract the highest volumes globally. Technology (Class 9), clothing (Class 25), and business services (Class 35) dominate across all three registers. Class 42 (scientific and technological services) and Class 41 (education and entertainment) round out the top five.

For specialised sectors like automotive (Class 12), the numbers are also significant: 127,676 UK marks, 116,072 EU marks, and 237,885 US marks are currently in our database for that class alone.

If you operate in a competitive filing class, the odds of someone applying for a similar mark increase every year.

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