Someone has filed a TM7 against your trademark. You have 2 months to respond or lose the application. Send it to us today.
Free 24-hour review. Solicitor-led. Fixed fee £1,200.
2 months from the date the TM7 was served. The deadline cannot be extended unless both sides agree.
A third party thinks your trademark conflicts with theirs. They have asked the UKIPO to refuse it. If you do nothing, they win by default and your application is treated as abandoned.
Send the PDF or a photo to sp@westernlegal.co.uk. We confirm receipt within an hour.
We look at the grounds, the opponent's earlier mark, and whether their mark is even being used. Then we tell you honestly: defend, settle, or walk away.
You see the cost of every step before you instruct it. No hourly billing surprises.
If you go ahead, we draft and file the TM8 counterstatement well inside the 2-month deadline.
Direct access to a qualified solicitor. No junior handlers, no farming out, no offshore paralegals drafting your defence.
Solicitor of England & Wales (SRA No. 641612). Advocate of India. Qualifying as Irish Solicitor in 2026.
Acted in multiple opposition proceedings before the UKIPO. Comfortable with pleadings, evidence, and Tribunal hearings.
Manages multi-jurisdiction trademark portfolios for corporate groups across UK, EU and India.
Stage-by-stage pricing. You approve every step and its cost before we move.
Pay per stage, not per hour. You always know what the next step costs.
UKIPO official fees are payable separately if applicable. Current UKIPO opposition fees: £250 standard (TM7), £125 fast-track (TM7F). Western Legal is not VAT-registered.
Two months from the date the UKIPO posted the TM7 to you. Look at the cover letter. The deadline cannot be extended unless both you and the opponent jointly agree to a cooling-off period (which extends it to 9 months for talks).
The UKIPO treats your application as abandoned. You lose the trademark for the goods or services that were opposed. Costs may be awarded against you.
Yes. Many oppositions resolve by agreement: you limit your goods and services, they drop the opposition. We negotiate this if it makes commercial sense.
No. UKIPO hearings are held by Microsoft Teams as standard since 2020. In-person hearings exist but are now rare.
The UKIPO uses a published costs scale (Tribunal Practice Notice 1/2023). The losing side pays a contribution, not the winner's full legal bill. In a fully fought opposition, scale costs typically run a few hundred to a few thousand pounds total.
Yes, you can. The Tribunal will accept your filings. The risk: trademark pleadings are technical, and a winnable case can be lost on a procedural slip or a missed proof-of-use point.
Dual-qualified solicitor (England & Wales) and Indian Advocate. Active trademark practice across UK, EU and India. Fixed fees, direct access, no junior handlers. You speak to the solicitor handling your file.
Published fees from UK firms doing the same work. We listed only firms that publish their numbers.
Sources: footanstey.com, panoramixip.co.uk. Western Legal is not VAT-registered, so the price you see is the price you pay.
Free review in 24 hours. We'll tell you honestly whether it's worth defending.
Trade Marks Act 1994 s.38. Trade Marks Rules 2008 rr.17-21. UKIPO Tribunal practice and fees as published on gov.uk.