Trade Marks in Business @ The Mitchell
Trade marks identify the products or services of particular traders. Before spending time and money promoting a trade mark, registering it with the Trade Marks Registry at the UK Intellectual Property Office is recommended, to give you protection against unauthorised use of your Trade Mark.
If you make an application and someone has already registered a similar trade mark for the same product or service, you will not be able to register it and will not get your application fee refunded - currently £200 - so it makes sense to check before you apply.
Business @ The Mitchell can check to see if a mark is already registered. We provide a free search service, which is available by calling us or by visiting the library in person and we can give you an instant response.
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Online Enquiry Service
Need information on Trade Marks or Trade Mark Searches? Send us your query now using our Online Enquiry Form. We will reply within 1 working day
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Our subscription resources include
Marquesa Trade Mark Search Systems
Marquesa is a subscription database which contains the Register of UK Trade Marks, the Register of (European) Community Trade Marks and the Register of UK Domain Names. The database is updated on a weekly basis.
Searches of the database can be made on the basis of status, product or service class, word mark, goods specification, device category, date, number, proprietor or agent .
Business @ The Mitchell accepts enquiries by telephone, e-mail, fax or letter. Copies can be supplied for a nominal charge per trade mark.
Free internet databases are provided by
These databases should be used with caution by the inexperienced searcher.
For useful information about Registering A Trade Mark, see the following factsheet fom COBRA (Complete Business Reference Adviser).
BIF 219 How to Register a Trade Mark
COBRA can be accessed for free from any PC within the library network and library members can also access this resource from home by entering the first 10 characters of their library card into the login box.
For more information, please contact:
Business @ The Mitchell
North Street
Glasgow
G3 7DN
Phone: 0141 287 2904
Fax: 0141 287 2912
Email:businessinfo@glasgow.gov.uk