5.8 Trademark Watches

Some clients wish us to maintain watches for conflicting trademark applications. This may not be necessary if the client has a UK registration and wants to watch the UK for conflicts, but some clients want a wider watch to be carried out.

Where a report has been set up, we will get an e-mail from CompuMark containing a link to the Watch Notices. These are currently sent to Keith, but a rule in Outlook forwards them to Kate.

This is the procedure for dealing with them:

  • Download the Watch Notice and save it to the Z file, marking it “received” to enable you to forward it;
  • Generate an e-mail to the contact on the file using template Trademark Watching Service – Report – note that this will not be grouped with the Trademark templates, but with the Search ones.
  • Attach the Watch Notice and send.

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Last Updated on 1 October 2025 by Keith