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Action before the SIC

We prepare and file your opposition

When a sign that looks like yours shows up in the Industrial Property Gazette (SIC), we compare the two, look at what each one covers, gather the evidence of your use and file the brief before the SIC. You get the filing receipt and the follow-up on the file.

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Every opposition is reviewed, drafted and signed by a lawyer at the firm. There are no automatic briefs here and no forms that fill themselves in.

How it works

From the publication to the filed brief

Three steps, and the first one may end in “there is no case here”: saying so in time is part of the service too.

  1. Step 1 of 3. We review the publication

    We compare the published sign with yours and look at which goods or services each one covers. That is where we decide whether acting makes sense, and on what grounds.

    Deliverable: the lawyer’s opinion on the case

  2. Step 2 of 3. We put the evidence together

    We gather what proves your use and your registrations —artwork, invoices, publications, earlier files— and arrange it as exhibits to the brief.

    Deliverable: the evidence file, assembled

  3. Step 3 of 3. We file it and follow it up

    A lawyer at the firm signs it and files it before the SIC. From then on we let you know every time the file moves, until the authority decides.

    Deliverable: filed brief and follow-up on the file

Where the alert comes from

First you have to find out

An opposition does not start with the brief: it starts the day someone sees the publication. This is the monitoring panel, with sample alerts.

Radar · last 24 h

2 alerts
  • Critical4 h ago

    Look-alike domain registered

    techf1ow.co One-character variation on the monitored domain, with an active SSL certificate and a live site.

  • Medium19 h ago

    Similar mark in the Gazette

    TECHFLOWS Published in the Industrial Property Gazette (SIC) under class 42, the same class as the monitored mark.

  • All clear22 h ago

    No leaks detected

    The monitored corporate mailboxes do not appear in the dumps reviewed overnight.

Demo

Sample alerts about a made-up company. The monitoring engine does not exist yet: this shows how a notice will be presented, not an actual notice.

These alerts are samples. The service that produces them every day is trademark monitoring. See trademark monitoring

Radical transparency

What an opposition costs

There is no single fee: every case brings its own work. What you do get is a written estimate before we start.

An opposition has no published fee: it is quoted case by case. Tell us what was published and which trademark of yours is at stake, and we will send you in writing the scope, the fee and any cost the filing causes before the authority.

The commercial argument

The damage is measured in days, not in pesos

That is why monitoring is sold as a subscription and not case by case: by the time someone writes to us, the problem almost never started that day.

  1. Moment 1 of 4. 0–1daysUnverified

    Monitoring on

    The alert goes out as soon as the publication shows up in the source we watch, and there is still room to decide what to do.

  2. Moment 2 of 4.

    The window to oppose

    [ PENDING — legal text to be drafted ]

    This is the moment this page is about.
  3. Moment 3 of 4. 6–10monthsUnverified

    The registration is decided

    [ PENDING — legal text to be drafted ]

  4. Moment 4 of 4.

    The problem becomes yours

    [ PENDING — legal text to be drafted ]

Timelines

The clock that runs, and ours

One deadline is set by the regulation and the other one is ours. Both decide the outcome; a lawyer confirms the first one with the publication in front of them.

The window to oppose from the publicationSet by the regulation

[ PENDING — legal text to be drafted ]

How long the firm takes to prepare and file the briefEstimated by the firm
—to be definedUnverified

It depends on how much evidence of use has to be gathered and on how early you write to us.

Frequently asked

What people ask us most

About monitoring and defense

General information about how our services work. This is not a legal opinion and does not replace advice from a lawyer on your specific case.

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Write to us with the publication at hand. The first thing is to check whether there is a case, and that is a lawyer’s call, not a form’s.