Right Start application service

The Right Start application service may be used as an alternative to our standard application service. With a Right Start application you initially pay £100.00 (which includes one class of goods or services), and £25.00 for any additional classes included in your application.

In return for this payment of half the total fee, we will examine your application to assess whether it meets the requirements for registration and issue an examination report. Only if you decide to proceed with your application will you need to pay the balance of fees (namely £100.00 plus £25.00 for each additional class above one).

The service has the following features and benefits:

• Right Start applications must be filed via the e-filing route and the initial fees (as set out above) paid in full at the time of filing;
• We will email the examination report to you in accordance with our standard turnaround times (currently around 5-10 business days) and we will let you know whether we consider the mark to be registerable and inform you of any marks already on the register which we consider to be confusable with yours;
• If there are any problems identified in the examination report we send you, you can discuss them, informally, with the examiner over the telephone and, if applicable, agree acceptable methods for overcoming any problems;
• If you decide to proceed with your application you must pay us the balance of fees (£100.00 plus the balance of any additional class fees with which you wish to proceed) within 14 days of the date of the examination report. Payment must be made through our associated online fee payment services (using a deposit account held with us or a debit or credit card);
• If you decide not to proceed with your application, no further fees will be payable and the application will be deemed abandoned.
• Payment must be made through our associated online fee payment services (using a deposit account held with us or a debit or credit card);