UK Trademark Renewal: UKIPO Deadlines, Costs, and How to Avoid Expiry

A United Kingdom trademark registration lasts 10 years from the filing date. Renew it before each expiry date and your rights carry on without a gap. This guide covers the UKIPO renewal window, the current fees, the grace period, and the housekeeping that keeps a portfolio healthy.

Pro tip: Not sure when your trademark expires? The expiry date is the tenth anniversary of your filing date, and it is printed on your registration certificate. Our trademark renewal service tracks it for you.

United Kingdom Trademark Validity and Renewal Timeline

10-Year Validity Period

United Kingdom trademarks are registered for 10 years from the filing date, not the registration date. That matches most major countries and regions, including the European Union, India, and China.

Renewal Window

• Earliest renewal: 6 months before the expiry date
• Expiry date: the 10th anniversary of the filing date
• Grace period: 6 months after the expiry date, with a late fee

UKIPO Reminders

The UKIPO sends renewal reminders roughly 6 months before expiry and again around 1 month before. Those reminders are a courtesy. Tracking the date is the owner's responsibility, so do not rely on the post arriving.

Renewal Costs

UKIPO fees changed on 1 April 2026. The current renewal fees are:

Example. Renewing a trademark in 3 classes on time costs GBP 245 + GBP 60 + GBP 60 = GBP 365.

For what a managed renewal costs on top of the government fee, see our pricing page.

How to Renew a United Kingdom Trademark

Online Renewal

The fastest route. Renew through the UKIPO's online renewal service on GOV.UK.

Steps:

1. Enter your trademark registration number
2. Confirm the classes you want to renew
3. Pay the renewal fee
4. Receive confirmation from the UKIPO

By Post

Send a completed Form TM11 with payment to the UKIPO. Processing takes longer than online renewal.

Through WIPO's Madrid System (the Madrid Protocol)

If your United Kingdom cover is part of an international registration, renewal is handled centrally through WIPO rather than at the UKIPO.

• Renew through your national IP office or directly with WIPO
• WIPO notifies the UKIPO of the renewal
• A different fee structure applies (WIPO fees plus a fee for each country and region you keep)

The Grace Period

If you miss the expiry date, you have a 6-month grace period to renew with a late fee.

During the grace period your trademark stays on the register and your registration remains in force. If you do not renew by the end of the grace period, the trademark is removed from the register.

Restoration After Removal

If your trademark is removed for non-renewal, restoration is possible but limited. The UKIPO may allow restoration within 6 months of removal if you can show that:

• the failure to renew was unintentional, and
• no third-party interests would be prejudiced

Restoration is never guaranteed, which is why a diary entry beats a recovery request.

Partial Renewal

You can renew only some of your registered classes. That is useful when:

• you no longer use the trademark for certain goods or services
• you want to reduce renewal costs
• a class is no longer strategically valuable

Note: once you drop a class at renewal, you cannot add it back without filing a new application.

Voluntary Surrender

If you no longer need the registration, you can surrender it by filing Form TM22 with the UKIPO. Surrender can be:

• Total, removing the entire registration
• Partial, removing specific goods or services

Common reasons: the business has closed, the brand has changed, the trademark is no longer used, or a settlement requires it.

Non-Use Vulnerability

Renewing does not immunize a trademark. It can still be challenged for non-use under Section 46 of the Trade Marks Act 1994 if:

• the trademark has not been genuinely used in the United Kingdom
• for the goods or services it is registered for
• within a continuous 5-year period

Genuine use means real commercial use, not token use to keep the registration alive. A successful challenge revokes the trademark.

Best practice: keep records of use (invoices, advertisements, product photos, dated website screenshots) so you can answer a challenge quickly.

Renewal Best Practices

1. Track your deadlines. Set reminders at 12, 6, and 3 months before expiry.
2. Renew early. Renew as soon as the 6-month window opens rather than in the final week.
3. Keep your address current. The UKIPO can only send reminders to the address it holds.
4. Review the portfolio at renewal. Ask whether every class is still earning its keep.
5. Keep evidence of use. It protects against non-use challenges.
6. Coordinate international renewals. If you own trademarks in several countries, line the dates up. See our guides on EU trademark renewal and India trademark renewal.

Comparable UK Trademarks (Post-Brexit)

If you received a comparable UK trademark, cloned automatically from an EUTM on 1 January 2021, its renewal date is the same as the original EUTM. Two things follow:

• you must renew it separately with the UKIPO, at the standard United Kingdom renewal fee
• it is not renewed when you renew the EUTM with the EUIPO

That second point catches out a lot of owners in their first post-Brexit renewal cycle. For more on managing a split portfolio, read our post-Brexit trademark strategy guide and the United Kingdom country guide.

I Have Other Questions About United Kingdom Filings

Our FAQ covers timelines, government fees, and what is included, and our United Kingdom trademark service page sets out how we handle filings and renewals.

Keep the Registration Alive

A missed renewal is one of the most avoidable gaps in an IP portfolio, and one of the easiest to hand off. Our renewal service diaries the date, files on time, and confirms the result.

Sources

• GOV.UK: renew your trade mark
• UKIPO: trade mark forms and fees
• WIPO: Madrid System renewals