How much does trademark monitoring cost in the UK?

TMGuard offers trademark monitoring from £99/year (£74 net after tax relief). This includes weekly UK journal scanning, email alerts with risk scoring, renewal reminders, and an AI assistant. Traditional solicitor monitoring services typically cost £500-2,000/year.

How do I oppose a trademark in the UK?

You have 2 months from the publication date in the UK Trade Marks Journal to file an opposition. First, file a TM7a (free) to extend your deadline by 1 month. Then file a TM7 (£100) with your grounds for opposition. TMGuard guides you through your options at each step.

When do UK trademarks need to be renewed?

UK trademarks must be renewed every 10 years from the filing date. Renewal costs £200 for one class plus £50 for each additional class. TMGuard sends escalating reminders at 12, 6, 3, and 1 month before renewal.

TMGuard is an AI-powered UK and EU trademark monitoring platform for small businesses. It scans over 7 million trademarks across the UK IPO and EUIPO registers, alerts you to conflicts, guides you through opposition options, and tracks renewal deadlines - from £99/year.

A TM7a is a Notice of Threatened Opposition filed with the UK IPO. It is free to file and extends your opposition deadline by one month without committing to full opposition.

Intelligence API

Access UK trademark opposition intelligence data programmatically. Hearing officers, firm benchmarking, class risk, and decision search.

Authentication

All requests require an API key passed in the x-api-key header.

curl -H "x-api-key: tmg_xxxx..." \
  "https://api.tmguard.uk/api/intelligence/v1/hearing-officers"

Rate limits

Rate limits depend on your API key tier. The current limits and reset time are included in every response under the rateLimit field.

Tier	Rate	Daily limit
Free	10 req/min	1,000 req/day
Basic	30 req/min	10,000 req/day
Premium	100 req/min	100,000 req/day

Response format

All endpoints return a consistent envelope format with the data, pagination metadata, and rate limit information.

{
  "data": [...],
  "meta": { "total": 230, "page": 1, "limit": 20 },
  "rateLimit": { "remaining": 9, "reset": "2026-03-22T12:00:00Z" }
}

Error responses use standard HTTP status codes with a JSON body containing an error field describing the issue.

{
  "error": "Rate limit exceeded. Try again after 2026-03-22T12:00:00Z"
}

Endpoints

GET/api/intelligence/v1/hearing-officers

List hearing officers with outcome statistics.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`page`	number	Page number (default 1)
`limit`	number	Results per page (default 20, max 100)
`search`	string	Search by officer name
`sort`	string	Sort field: name, total_decisions, success_rate

Example request

curl -H "x-api-key: tmg_xxxx..." \
  "https://api.tmguard.uk/api/intelligence/v1/hearing-officers?page=1&limit=20"

Example response

{
  "data": [
    {
      "slug": "amanda-michaels",
      "name": "Amanda Michaels",
      "totalDecisions": 342,
      "applicantSuccessRate": 0.38,
      "opponentSuccessRate": 0.51
    }
  ],
  "meta": { "total": 124, "page": 1, "limit": 20 },
  "rateLimit": { "remaining": 9, "reset": "2026-03-22T12:00:00Z" }
}

GET/api/intelligence/v1/hearing-officers/:slug

Get a single hearing officer profile with detailed statistics.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`slug`	string	Officer slug (path parameter)

Example request

curl -H "x-api-key: tmg_xxxx..." \
  "https://api.tmguard.uk/api/intelligence/v1/hearing-officers/amanda-michaels"

Example response

{
  "data": {
    "slug": "amanda-michaels",
    "name": "Amanda Michaels",
    "totalDecisions": 342,
    "applicantSuccessRate": 0.38,
    "opponentSuccessRate": 0.51,
    "yearRange": [2004, 2026],
    "topClasses": [9, 25, 35, 41, 42],
    "groundsAnalysis": [
      { "ground": "s5(2)(b)", "count": 180, "opponentSuccessRate": 0.54 }
    ]
  }
}

GET/api/intelligence/v1/firms

List law firms with opposition performance metrics.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`page`	number	Page number (default 1)
`limit`	number	Results per page (default 20, max 100)
`search`	string	Search by firm name
`sort`	string	Sort field: name, total_cases, win_rate

Example request

curl -H "x-api-key: tmg_xxxx..." \
  "https://api.tmguard.uk/api/intelligence/v1/firms?page=1&limit=20"

Example response

{
  "data": [
    {
      "slug": "marks-clerk",
      "name": "Marks & Clerk",
      "totalCases": 412,
      "winRate": 0.58,
      "asApplicant": 210,
      "asOpponent": 202
    }
  ],
  "meta": { "total": 230, "page": 1, "limit": 20 },
  "rateLimit": { "remaining": 9, "reset": "2026-03-22T12:00:00Z" }
}

GET/api/intelligence/v1/firms/:slug

Get a single firm profile with detailed performance breakdown.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`slug`	string	Firm slug (path parameter)

Example request

curl -H "x-api-key: tmg_xxxx..." \
  "https://api.tmguard.uk/api/intelligence/v1/firms/marks-clerk"

Example response

{
  "data": {
    "slug": "marks-clerk",
    "name": "Marks & Clerk",
    "totalCases": 412,
    "winRate": 0.58,
    "topClasses": [9, 25, 35],
    "yearRange": [2000, 2026],
    "topOfficers": [
      { "name": "Amanda Michaels", "cases": 28, "winRate": 0.61 }
    ]
  }
}

GET/api/intelligence/v1/class-risk

Get opposition risk data for all 45 Nice classes.

Example request

curl -H "x-api-key: tmg_xxxx..." \
  "https://api.tmguard.uk/api/intelligence/v1/class-risk"

Example response

{
  "data": [
    {
      "niceClass": 9,
      "totalDecisions": 820,
      "oppositionRate": 0.12,
      "opponentSuccessRate": 0.48,
      "topGrounds": ["s5(2)(b)", "s5(1)"]
    }
  ],
  "meta": { "total": 45 },
  "rateLimit": { "remaining": 9, "reset": "2026-03-22T12:00:00Z" }
}

GET/api/intelligence/v1/class-risk/:classNum

Get detailed opposition risk data for a single Nice class.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`classNum`	number	Nice class number 1 to 45 (path parameter)

Example request

curl -H "x-api-key: tmg_xxxx..." \
  "https://api.tmguard.uk/api/intelligence/v1/class-risk/9"

Example response

{
  "data": {
    "niceClass": 9,
    "totalDecisions": 820,
    "oppositionRate": 0.12,
    "opponentSuccessRate": 0.48,
    "yearlyTrend": [
      { "year": 2024, "decisions": 62, "opponentSuccessRate": 0.45 }
    ],
    "topGrounds": [
      { "ground": "s5(2)(b)", "count": 480, "successRate": 0.52 }
    ]
  }
}

GET/api/intelligence/v1/decisions

Search and filter opposition decisions.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`q`	string	Free text search across decision content
`year`	number	Filter by decision year
`outcome`	string	Filter by outcome: upheld, dismissed, partially_upheld
`page`	number	Page number (default 1)
`limit`	number	Results per page (default 20, max 100)

Example request

curl -H "x-api-key: tmg_xxxx..." \
  "https://api.tmguard.uk/api/intelligence/v1/decisions?q=software&year=2025&outcome=upheld&page=1"

Example response

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "d-12345",
      "caseNumber": "O/123/25",
      "date": "2025-06-15",
      "outcome": "upheld",
      "hearingOfficer": "Amanda Michaels",
      "applicantMark": "TECHFLOW",
      "opponentMark": "TECHGLOW",
      "classes": [9, 42]
    }
  ],
  "meta": { "total": 84, "page": 1, "limit": 20 },
  "rateLimit": { "remaining": 9, "reset": "2026-03-22T12:00:00Z" }
}

GET/api/intelligence/v1/stats

Get aggregate statistics across the entire decision dataset.

Example request

curl -H "x-api-key: tmg_xxxx..." \
  "https://api.tmguard.uk/api/intelligence/v1/stats"

Example response

{
  "data": {
    "totalDecisions": 9342,
    "totalOfficers": 124,
    "totalFirms": 230,
    "yearRange": [1998, 2026],
    "overallOpponentSuccessRate": 0.47,
    "decisionsThisYear": 312
  },
  "rateLimit": { "remaining": 9, "reset": "2026-03-22T12:00:00Z" }
}

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