When do you need a Clearance Audit?
Clearance Audits are most commonly used before making a trademark application, as a
Trademark Healthcheck, when looking to make changes to an existing trademark (for
example, adding or removing goods and services your trademark is registered for
(Classes & Terms), expanding into other territories & jurisdictions) or when
your trademark is coming up for renewal.
How does it help you?
The purpose of a Clearance Audit is to avoid wasting money on failed application fees
by giving you all the information you need to make educated choices about your
trademark before committing to paying any official fees to trademark registers such as
the UK Intellectual Property Office, as those fees are non-refundable.
Firstly, who will be the person we will be dealing with for the trademark audit?
What shall we search?
Add a logo or tagline and they’ll be covered by your audit —
taglines are searched as words, logos are compared as images.
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Name — for example “McDonald’s”
The word itself, however it’s written.
Not sure it’s a name? Move it to Tagline below.
No problem — we’ve noted that a logo
is coming and we’ll ask for it when we pick this up.
Where do you trade?
Your audit covers the registers for everywhere you trade today and
everywhere you plan to trade next.
Where do you trade today?
UK only
Select countries
And where do you plan to trade next?
One filing can cover the whole EU.
If several EU countries matter to you, an EU
trade mark is usually cheaper than filing in each one. We’ll tell you if
that applies.
Your classes
Your registration only protects what you list, so this is
what your audit is measured against.
Your classes
Would you rather we did this part?
Your audit is measured against your classes, so they have to be right. If you
are not sure, hand it to us — we will confirm them with you before the audit runs.
It does not hold up your order either way.
Confirm what we’ll audit
Everything here is pre-selected from what you’ve told us — change
anything you need to before we lock the audit in.
Intellectual Property Offices
The trademark registers for everywhere you trade now
and plan to trade.
UK Companies House Always included
Domain Registers Always included
Social Media Platforms
Online Shopping Platforms
Free Consultation WORTH £149
Your Audit comes with a Free Consultation with one of our expert trademark
advisers.
The appointment can be delivered either over the phone or over a
Teams call from our offices in Cheshire. It includes up to one hour with an
expert adviser — phone or Teams to review the audit in detail, talk you through
the results and answer any questions you may have.
Your searches are turned around within 24 hours, so you can book
your consultation from the next working day, subject to our advisers’ availability.
At the end of the consultation you should have all the information
you need to make an informed decision about your next steps.
Book my Free Consultation £149 VALUE
Up to one hour with an expert adviser — phone or Teams.
We have logged your request for Fast Track with our admin team, please
continue with your audit application and we will confirm whether fast
track is available within 1 hour of your order being received.
Choose a time that suits you. These are the
times our advisers are free; we book it the moment your order is placed and email
you the confirmation.
Pick a time in our diary below. Your
confirmation comes by email, and the time you choose comes back to this page.
