A trademark alert is a notification that tells you when a new filing at a trademark office could conflict with a mark you own. Instead of searching manually, you receive an email the moment a potentially conflicting application is published.
For EU trademark holders, the relevant office is EUIPO, the European Union Intellectual Property Office. EUIPO publishes new trademark applications every working day. A trademark alert service watches those publications on your behalf.
When someone files a trademark that conflicts with yours, you have a limited window to oppose it. In the EU, that window is 90 days from the date of publication in the EU Trade Marks Bulletin. Miss that deadline and the conflicting mark may be registered, regardless of your prior rights.
EUIPO will not contact you. It is your responsibility to monitor and act. Most trademark holders only discover a conflict after the 90-day window has closed, at which point the legal options are significantly harder and more expensive.
An automated trademark alert service connects directly to the EUIPO database and scans new filings every day. When a new application appears that matches your mark by name, sound, or visual appearance, you receive an alert with the details: the applicant, the mark itself, the Nice classes it covers, the publication date, and your opposition deadline.
Sentin runs this scan every morning and sends trademark alerts by email. The alert includes everything you need to decide whether to act, including the time remaining before the deadline closes.
Not to receive one. The alert is information. What you do with it is your decision. Many users forward the alert to their IP lawyer when they see something worth opposing. The lawyer then handles the formal opposition. Sentin gives you the information early enough that you have time to make that call.
Sentin monitors EUIPO every morning and sends you a trademark alert the moment a conflicting filing appears. Free to start.
Start getting trademark alerts →See also: Automatic trademark alerts · The 90-day opposition deadline