• Filing System: Multi-Class Filing System.
• Classification of goods/services: 12th Edition of Nice Classification.
• Registrables: trademarks, service marks, collective marks, quality marks (certification marks), 3D marks.
• Member of Paris Convention: no.
• Claiming priority under Paris Convention: no.
• Filing international registration under Madrid Agreement: no.
• Filing international registration under Protocol to Madrid Agreement: no.
• Time from filing to registration: 18 months.
• Examination time: 7 months
• Opposition period: no opposition system.
• Time limit to pay registration fees after the end of the opposition period: no time restriction.
• Use: there are no provisions for cancellation of a trademark on the basis of non-use.
• Renewal application can be made within: 6 months.
• Renewal duration: 10 years.
• Method of conducting the search: official search only.
• Search for a device: possible.
• Time required to complete the search: 10 days.
• Time period of the license: can be decided by parties.

Protection (registration) duration begins from the date of the registration of the corresponding UK mark with respect to the same goods.

The Registration of United Kingdom Trade Marks Ordinance only states that if a registration in the Register of Trade Marks is not renewed, it shall be cancelled. However, in practice, the Registrar-General’s Office rarely removes expired trademarks from the Register, and owners of expired trademarks are usually free to apply for its renewal once the corresponding UK registration is renewed.