Transferring to The Trademark Helpline
UK Trademark owners all around the world are choosing to move their trademark representation to The Trademark Helpline.
If you don’t currently have representation for your trademark or are represented by another firm or provider and wondering whether it’s time to switch, here’s everything you need to know.
10 Reasons Why Trademark Owners Are Moving Their Representation to Us
- We Don’t Just File, We Protect: Most firms stop at registration. We go further, offering proactive monitoring, legal support and enforcement if anything threatens your rights.
- You’ll Never Miss a Renewal Again:We track your renewals, send early and repeated reminders, and when the time comes, we handle everything on your behalf. We even provide a handy online platform where you can save money by renewing online.
- Fast, Human Support: You won’t get stuck in a helpdesk queue. We provide real support from real people, by phone, WhatsApp or email, whenever you need us (within reason).
- Affordable Legal Support: We will do all we can to mediate internally and avoid legal expenses, however in the rare event it is requires, we can provide access our in-house solicitors for objections, oppositions and cease and desist letters and enforcement through the courts without paying corporate law firm prices.
- International Coverage: We directly represent your UKIPO Applications and support your EU and global trademark filings and portfolios, providing strategic guidance wherever your business is growing. Think of us as your in-house trademark team.
- Brand Monitoring Beyond Trademarks: We also keep an eye on company name filings, domain registrations and social handles to stop copycats early. Prevention is better than cure.
- Promotional Support for Clients: Our clients benefit from online feature articles, collaborative marketing opportunities, including exposure to our growing list of over 12,000 email subscribers.
- Exclusive Business Rewards Club: Earn rewards by using our services and referring others. You’ll also gain access to a private business club with over 6,000 profitable UK decision makers.
- Built for Small and Growing Businesses: Our platform and pricing are designed specifically for SMEs that want expert support without inflated legal fees.
- Simple Transfers, All Taken Care Of: Transferring to us is quick, secure and seamless. You just sign, we handle the rest.
The Simple Transfer Process
- Step 1: We Check the Details We provide you with a complete list of all your current UK trademarks.
- Step 2: You Confirm and Sign We pre-fill the change of representative form (TM33). You just verify your ID and e-sign. It takes minutes.
- Step 3: We Submit and Notify the IPO We handle the entire submission to the UKIPO and confirm once it’s complete.
- Step 4: You’re Covered From that point forward, we act as your new representative, managing deadlines, renewals, enforcement and more..
Our Trademark Transfer Service ensures no downtime, no missed alerts, and a hassle-free experience.
We can even combine all your trademarks, companies and client IDs into one convenient online portal.
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How We Compare to Our UK Competition
| Feature | The Trademark Helpline | Trademark Eagle | Trademark Wizards | Trademark Direct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK Trademark Applications include | Fixed Price Application, Handling of any Oppositions presented during application stage. | Application Only, Oppositions carry further costs on an hourly rate (Can be expensive). | Application Only, Oppositions carry further costs. | Application Only, Oppositions carry further costs. |
| Client Support | WhatsApp, direct phone, named account manager, online portal | Email and phone | Email and phone | Reports of silence, phones disconnected |
| Monitoring | Included within representation as standard | Available, sometimes extra | Optional extra | Often not included |
| Legal Team Access | In-house solicitors available | Trademark Attorney within their parent company, can be expensive. | Legal support in house, can be expensive. | No legal team currently listed. |
| Renewal Reminders | Fully managed, tracked and chased for your protection. | Included or added service. | Included. | Often missed. |
| Pricing Transparency | Fixed fee, no hidden extras. No extra charges for handling objections to trademark applications we submitted. | Transparent, but add-ons increase cost especially when with their legal team. | Fixed fee, extras vary. | Budget option, unclear ongoing support |
| International Coverage | Full global strategy | UK and EU focus | Offers global filing | UK-focused only |
| Transfer Support | Fully managed with e-signing | Not actively promoted | Can assist | No active support |
| Brand Monitoring (Company, Domain, Social) | Yes, all included | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| Client Rewards and Business Club | Yes, unique rewards programme | No | No | No |
| Additional Support | Free Marketing, Promotion, Collaborations and guidance. | Not promoted | Not promoted | Not promoted |
How We Compare to Our UK Competition
UK Trademark Applications include
The Trademark Helpline: Fixed Price Application, Handling of any Oppositions presented during application stage.
Trademark Eagle: Application Only, Oppositions carry further costs on an hourly rate (Can be expensive).
Trademark Wizards: Application Only, Oppositions carry further costs.
Trademark Direct: Application Only, Oppositions carry further costs.
Client Support
The Trademark Helpline: WhatsApp, direct phone, named account manager, online portal
Trademark Eagle: Email and phone
Trademark Wizards: Email and phone
Trademark Direct: Reports of silence, phones disconnected
Monitoring
The Trademark Helpline: Included within representation as standard
Trademark Eagle: Available, sometimes extra
Trademark Wizards: Optional extra
Trademark Direct: Often not included
Legal Team Access
The Trademark Helpline: In-house solicitors available
Trademark Eagle: Trademark Attorney within their parent company, can be expensive.
Trademark Wizards: Legal support in house, can be expensive.
Trademark Direct: No legal team currently listed.
Renewal Reminders
The Trademark Helpline: Fully managed, tracked and chased for your protection.
Trademark Eagle: Included or added service.
Trademark Wizards: Included.
Trademark Direct: Often missed.
Pricing Transparency
The Trademark Helpline: Fixed fee, no hidden extras. No extra charges for handling objections to trademark applications we submitted.
Trademark Eagle: Transparent, but add-ons increase cost especially when with their legal team.
Trademark Wizards: Fixed fee, extras vary.
Trademark Direct: Budget option, unclear ongoing support
International Coverage
The Trademark Helpline: Full global strategy
Trademark Eagle: UK and EU focus
Trademark Wizards: Offers global filing
Trademark Direct: UK-focused only
Transfer Support
The Trademark Helpline: Fully managed with e-signing
Trademark Eagle: Not actively promoted
Trademark Wizards: Can assist
Trademark Direct: No active support
Brand Monitoring (Company, Domain, Social)
The Trademark Helpline: Yes, all included
Trademark Eagle: Not offered
Trademark Wizards: Not offered
Trademark Direct: Not offered
Client Rewards and Business Club
The Trademark Helpline: Yes, unique rewards programme
Trademark Eagle: No
Trademark Wizards: No
Trademark Direct: No
Additional Support
The Trademark Helpline: Free Marketing, Promotion, Collaborations and guidance.
Trademark Eagle: Not promoted
Trademark Wizards: Not promoted
Trademark Direct: Not promoted
Ready to Switch?
Join the growing number of business owners Large and Small, who’ve already made the move.
Book a free 15-minute chat or apply online now to transfer your trademark representation to The Trademark Helpline.
It’s fast, secure, affordable and could make all the difference to your brand.