--- title: "Trademarks | Pitch, European law firm for IP, IT & data" description: "From clearance to enforcement, in the EU and worldwide. Searches and EUIPO or Benelux filings usually take us one working day." url: https://www.pitch.law/trademarks --- [pitch](https://www.pitch.law/) Focus areas Trademarks INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY # Everything you need to know about trademark registration and brand protection From clearance to enforcement, in the EU and worldwide. Searches and EUIPO or Benelux filings usually take us one working day. 01Solutions ## Solutions - ### [Trademark Clearance](https://www.pitch.law/solutions/trademark-clearance) [Can you use the name, and can you register it? A clearance search answers both, with a signed opinion that rates each risk and tells you what to do. Usually within one working day, at a fixed fee.](https://www.pitch.law/solutions/trademark-clearance) - ### [Trademark Watch & Opposition](https://www.pitch.law/solutions/trademark-watch-opposition-monitoring) [We watch the registers for new marks that conflict with yours, tell you which ones matter, and oppose within the deadline when you instruct us to.](https://www.pitch.law/solutions/trademark-watch-opposition-monitoring) - ### [Brand Policy Compliance](https://www.pitch.law/solutions/online-brand-compliance) [We help brand owners get distributors, resellers and licensees to follow the brand rules, through the contract, monitoring and a graduated response.](https://www.pitch.law/solutions/online-brand-compliance) - ### [Brand Monitoring & Online Enforcement](https://www.pitch.law/solutions/effective-online-brand-protection) [Counterfeits, lookalike shops, fake accounts, infringing listings on marketplaces and app stores. We find them, and we usually get them taken down within one working day.](https://www.pitch.law/solutions/effective-online-brand-protection) - ### [IP Portfolio Management](https://www.pitch.law/solutions/ip-portfolio-intelligence) [We keep your trademarks, designs, domain names and patents in one overview, follow every deadline and prepare each renewal decision with a cost estimate.](https://www.pitch.law/solutions/ip-portfolio-intelligence) - ### [Trademark Licensing](https://www.pitch.law/solutions/trademark-licensing) [Licence your brand to a partner, franchisee or distributor and keep control of quality, territory and the mark itself.](https://www.pitch.law/solutions/trademark-licensing) 02Academy ## Academy - ### [Trademark Registration: From Application to Registration](https://www.pitch.law/academy/trademark-registration-from-application-to-registration) [How a trademark application moves through the EUIPO, the Benelux office (BOIP) and the Madrid System, what happens after registration, and what keeps a registered mark in force.](https://www.pitch.law/academy/trademark-registration-from-application-to-registration) - ### [Understanding Trademark Similarity](https://www.pitch.law/academy/understanding-trademark-similarity) [Whether two marks conflict depends on how similar they are and how close the goods are. This article explains the test and how its elements are weighed.](https://www.pitch.law/academy/understanding-trademark-similarity) - ### [EUIPO Fast Track](https://www.pitch.law/academy/euipo-fast-track-filing) [Fast Track speeds up examination of EU trade mark applications that use pre-approved wording. This article explains what it is, what it does not change and when it makes sense.](https://www.pitch.law/academy/euipo-fast-track-filing) - ### [Nice Classification: How the 45 Classes Work](https://www.pitch.law/academy/the-nice-classification-explained) [The Nice Classification sorts goods and services into 45 trademark classes (software, for example, is in class 9). How to choose classes and word them.](https://www.pitch.law/academy/the-nice-classification-explained) - ### [When to Oppose a Trademark](https://www.pitch.law/academy/when-to-oppose-a-trademark) [Opposition lets the owner of an earlier right challenge a new trademark application before it is registered. This article explains the conditions, the deadlines and the factors that decide whether to proceed.](https://www.pitch.law/academy/when-to-oppose-a-trademark) - ### [Online Brand Protection: How Brand Monitoring Works](https://www.pitch.law/academy/online-brand-protection-how-brand-monitoring-works) [How infringements of a trademark are found online, which rules decide whether they are unlawful, and which routes exist to stop them.](https://www.pitch.law/academy/online-brand-protection-how-brand-monitoring-works) - ### [Managing Your IP Deadlines](https://www.pitch.law/academy/managing-your-ip-deadlines) [Which time limits matter in trademark, design and patent matters, which of them can be extended, what happens when one is missed, and how a reliable deadline process is built.](https://www.pitch.law/academy/managing-your-ip-deadlines) * [Trademarks](https://www.pitch.law/trademarks) * [Patents](https://www.pitch.law/patents) * [New gTLDs](https://www.pitch.law/new-gtlds) * [Data, Data Protection & AI](https://www.pitch.law/focus-areas/data-protection-ai) * [Transactions](https://www.pitch.law/focus-areas/transactions) * [Subsidies & Tax](https://www.pitch.law/focus-areas/subsidies-tax) ## Let’s talk Tell us what you’re working on. 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