Right Start application service

The Right Start application service may be used as an alternative to our standard application service. With a Right Start application you initially pay GBP100.00 (which includes one class of goods or services), and GBP25.00 for any additional classes included in your application; this represents half of the standard application fees.

In return for this half payment, we will examine the application to assess whether it meets the requirements for registration and issue a report of our findings. Only if you decide to proceed with your application will you need to pay the balance of fees (namely GBP100.00 plus GBP25.00 for each additional class above one).

The service has the following features and benefits:

  • Before making the application telephone assistance is available for applicants who need help completing the application form;
  • Right Start applications must be filed via the e-filing route and the initial fees (as set out above) paid in full at the time of filing;
  • We will email the examination report to you in accordance with our standard turnaround times (currently around 10 business days) and we will let you know whether we consider the mark to be registerable and inform you of any confusingly similar marks already on the register;
  • If there are any problems identified in the report we send you, you can discuss them, informally, with the examiner over the telephone and, if applicable, agree acceptable methods for overcoming any problems;
  • If you decide to proceed with your application you must pay us the balance of fees (GBP100.00 plus the balance of any additional class fees with which you wish to proceed) within 14 days of the date of the examination report. Payment must be made through our associated online fee payment services (using a deposit account held with us or a debit or credit card);
  • If you decide not to proceed with your application, no further fees will be payable and the application will be deemed abandoned.

Further information about applying for a Right Start application and details of our other trade mark application services are available on our website.