Advice and consultancy Monitoring your intellectual property
Registration of your trade marks, designs and domain names does not necessarily ensure full protection for your intellectual property. It is also essential to put procedures in place to monitor your trade marks and domain names and to be willing to contest any infringement of your rights.
Monitor your trade marks and designs
Novagraaf's trade mark and design watching system keeps you informed of new applications and potentially conflicting trade marks. You can therefore keep a close eye on your markets, enabling you to take prompt action when needed to maintain a strong commercial position.
Our trade mark watching service compares all types of newly filed trade mark applications in the specific countries such as the United Kingdom or in defined areas such as the European Union or worldwide with the trade marks of our clients. You are notified the moment the system encounters a trade mark which closely resembles or is the same as your trade mark.
In the United Kingdom and in most other countries, it is possible to object to new trade mark applications using the opposition procedure. So when you are notified of an application for a trade mark that is identical or similar to your own, you can inform the registration body that you intend to oppose its registration. As part of the trade mark watching service we can warn you of a conflicting application and the deadline for the submission of an opposition well in advance.
We can also provide a similar service for designs in the United Kingdom.
A subscription to our watching service can be tailored to meet your specific requirements. Subscribers have the option of receiving notifications with or without preliminary filtering. With preliminary filtering, a Novagraaf attorney examines the watching system results to identify which trade marks pose a real threat to your rights. You then only receive the most relevant trade marks found, saving time and paper. Novagraaf can send notifications of conflicting trade marks by electronic means if you so wish.
Monitor your domain name
Novagraaf also has a service for monitoring domain names and will notify subscribers of identical or similar domain names that are registered with the same or different extension.
Monitor your trade mark on the internet
Novagraaf uses expert ICT tools for monitoring the use and misuse of your trade mark on internet websites, sponsored links (AdWords) and auction sites, enabling you to take appropriate action where necessary.
Use Novagraaf for your trade mark, design and domain name monitoring. A Novagraaf attorney will be happy to advise you on the best way to proceed. Call us on +44 (0)20 7608 3098.
