Steps to Getting a Trademark Registered

1. Fill out a trademark application

To begin the application procedure, go to the IPO/GOV website. To begin, press the green "start now" button.

2. Determine who will be registering.

If you're registering a trademark on behalf of yourself or a firm, you'll be asked if you're an authorised person to do so. If you're not a lawyer, select the current choice and then click the next button in the bottom right corner.

3. Enter or retrieve your information

On the next screen, you can either click to submit your information or, if you've previously filed a trademark, use your e-mail address to retrieve your previous information. (If this is your first time filling out this form, be sure to include a postal address where they can contact you for communications/trademark certificates! Unless you have it forwarded, don't use a generic PO box.) After you've filled in or retrieved your information, click the next button.

4. Fill in the trademark's basic format.

Now you must specify whether your trademark contains words, letters, or numbers, such as Golf Retreat 12 or Golf Retreat Chichester. If it's a standard trademark application, the majority will have words, letters, or numbers, so double-check and pick NO/YES depending on that.

Normally, you would click no when a question about trademarking background music or something else strange comes up, but in most circumstances, the answer is yes. If you choose yes, you will be asked to enter your brand name; double-check that it is correct! Now press the next button.

If you chose option B, which the majority of people will, you'll be prompted to upload the logo or graphic you want to trademark; do so and then click next.

5. Upload an image of your trademark in a more complex manner.

After that, you'll be prompted to define your trademark's broader category.

It contains words, letters, or numbers, according to Statement A. (If your trademark is only a term or phrase that you want to protect without any styling or graphics, this is where you should click.)

Statement B. It contains words, letters, or figures that are styled, coloured, or accompanied by an image. (This is the most commonly used choice; if you wish to protect your name, phrase, or design, this is the one to choose.)

Statement C. It's a unique sort of trademark, such as sound (musical score) (We've never had to use this option, but it's quite self-explanatory; most trademarks don't utilise it.)

If you chose option B, which the majority of people will, you'll be prompted to upload the logo or graphic you want to trademark; do so and then click Next.

6. Pick a single or a set of trademarks.

You'll be asked if you're filing a single trademark or a series of trademarks. A single trademark protects only one design/word/phrase; this gives you a lot of protection if someone tries to replicate it with minor alterations.

You can trademark a succession of versions, such as mobile logos if you want to take it a step further. It will cost you an extra £50 for each additional variation, which is usually needless but worthwhile if you want to be legally bulletproof if done properly.

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