Restoration

If you fail to renew your mark in the six months after the renewal date, there is a further six-month period, i.e. a total of up to one year after the renewal date, in which you may apply to restore your mark.

The restoration application should be supported with a statement explaining the reasons for failure to renew in due time.

The Registry must be satisfied that there are valid and sufficient reasons for your failure to renew, we will:

• restore your mark to the register, and
  
• send you a Renewal Certificate confirming that we have renewed your mark for the next ten-year period, i.e. from the original renewal date.

If we are not satisfied with your reasons for failure to renew, we will:

• write and explain why we have not accepted them,
  
• refund any renewal fees you have paid,
  
• not refund the £100 restoration fee.

Your mark will then be REMOVED from the Register of Trade Marks.

Form(s)

Renewal of trade mark registration [TM11]

Request for the restoration and renewal of a registration removed from the Register because of non-payment of the renewal fee [TM13]

The application must be submitted with a fee sheet, which must be filled with all fee bearing forms.