Approach to costs
Solicitors at Humphreys & Co. always aim to approach
legal work in a financially-disciplined way. We offer
competitive rates. Our charging approach is both transparent
and geared to the options open to our clients. Our
solicitors generally charge by reference to time spent but
we can often agree fixed fees for specific work or in some
cases risk-adjusted funding structures.
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Trademark registration & brand names
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Europe, UK & Worldwide: brands in all national markets
Protect Your Rights in Europe, UK, US, Middle East, Asia
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Trademark registration protection (trade marks): Registering a trademark (brand): Europe (EU), United Kingdom (UK), Middle East, United States (US), Far East, Africa, worldwide: Registered trademark monopolies. Trademark infringement and passing off proceedings.
How much is your budget for advertising & promoting the names and trademarks by which you brand the goods and services that your business offers in your most important world marketplaces?
And how much is your budget for brand registration and protection against infringement and passing off by your competitors in the important marketplaces where your business makes its sales?
If exclusivity in your badges of origin in the marketplace has substantial commercial value for your business, then trade mark registration of your brands needs to be seriously considered. It takes time and expense to build up a loyal consumer base, an investment well worth protecting. Obtain the exclusive right to use your brand with a registered trademark.
Secure perpetual monopoly rights for your brand names in important commercial markets with a strategy for your trademarks that stops competitors using the attractive force that should be bringing in business for you alone.
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Where would you need to register your trademarks?
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Trademark factsheets
For details about the benefits of trademark registration, the services we offer and our standard charges please click below to download a factsheet:
You can also contact us for further details. We are based in Bristol, England. |
Our trademark services
Trade marks : Brand identity can be crucial to success in the marketplace. Clients and international correspondent firms ask our solicitors to handle:
- applications for trade mark registration in the United Kingdom alone, in the EU member states ("community trade mark applications") and multi-jurisdictional "international" applications
- oppositions to applications for trade mark registration
- renewals of trade mark registrations
- devising and policing international trade mark protection programmes
- transferring title to registered trade marks by assignments
- claims for injunctions and damages for infringement of registered trade mark and passing off proceedings
- proceedings for the revocation of registered trade marks and challenges to validity
- negotiating and documenting trademark licences and franchising
- securing and transferring domain names
- devising and policing domain name clean-up programmes
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How extensive is trademark protection?
Almost all countries in the world register and protect trademarks. Each national or regional office maintains a Register of Trademarks which contains full application information on all registrations and renewals, facilitating examination, search, and potential opposition by third parties. The effects of such a registration are, however, limited to the country (or, in the case of a regional registration, countries) concerned.
In order to avoid the need to register separately with each national or regional office, WIPO administers a system of international registration of marks. This system is governed by two treaties, the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks and the Madrid Protocol. A person who has a link (through nationality, domicile or establishment) with a country party to one or both of these treaties may, on the basis of a registration or application with the trademark office of that country, obtain an international registration having effect in some or all of the other countries of the Madrid Union. At present, more than 60 countries are party to one or both of the agreements. |
European registration
The Community trade mark gives its proprietor a uniform right applicable in all Member States of the European Union on the strength of a single procedure which simplifies trade mark policies at European level. It fulfils the three essential functions of a trade mark at European level: it identifies the origin of goods and services, guarantees consistent quality through evidence of the company's commitment to the consumer, and is a form of communication, a basis for publicity and advertising.
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To file a single Europe CTM trademark application in up to 3 classes covering the 27 CTM EU countries we offer a total cost of £1,200* (UK pounds) (including official fees).
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Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands and the UK.
* This costing excludes VAT (chargeable in addition if we are instructed from within the UK) and bank transfer charges and may vary in accordance with exchange rates current from time to time.
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Are your brands protected against infringement?
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Fixed charge package with options and recommendations
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A selection of our client feedback:
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"Your team have been great to work with so far, a real pleasure. They explained all of the options ahead of us in a clear, precise and professional manner......"
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"Thanks for the... information and the highly professional way in which you managed our account......"
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"I would like to extend my thanks for the thorough and professional job you have done to get us this far......"
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"I am particularly impressed with the service that I have received from Humphreys & Co and would offer a very positive testimonial upon request......"
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"I should congratulate your firm on producing such a clear and informative document......" |
| "Each one of [your team] is very good in terms of knowledge, promptness in evaluating as well as responding to my inquiries regarding intellectual property issues and providing the services I request with a great deal of competence. They provide very helpful direction with respect to recommended action to take. I am very impressed with their legal skills. In comparison to other firms with whom I deal, Humphreys' services are superb......" | |
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Combinations
Solicitors here can supply the energy and depth in intellectual property law which companies, businesspeople and correspondent firms need in a competitive world marketplace to manage their intellectual property rights successfully, including in relation to:
- internet
- joint ventures
- know-how & show-how
- licensing & franchising
- litigation, arbitration, mediation
- media & publishing
- patents (licensing, transfer & litigation)
- passing off
- technology transfer
- trade marks
- unfair competition
- business & company acquisitions & sales
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- computer software
- confidential information
- copyrights
- database rights
- defamation & malicious falsehood
- designs (registered & unregistered)
- employee obligations
- EU treaty regulations
- free trade
- information technology
- music business
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Accessibility
We take instructions from UK & international clients. Our independent lawyers are available by email, telephone & fax. With central Bristol offices we are just 90 minutes from London by road or rail and 15 minutes from Bristol International Airport. We can travel to meetings if required.
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Independent approach
We are an independent professional law firm here, not a legal factory turning out mass-produced products. In our experience, determined case-handling is more likely to produce effective results.
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Turnaround time
Solicitors at Humphreys & Co. look to input not only
careful legal work and precision but also the determination
to keep matters moving. They aim to work in clients' real
interests with energy and pragmatism.
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Communication skills
Solicitors at Humphreys & Co. always try to open up the
legal process by giving advice and explaining options to
clients in a concise and straightforward way, identifying
clear courses of action whatever the technical or legal
complexities of the subject. |
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