Whether you're challenging a conflicting application or defending your own, an experienced attorney handles the proceeding and watches the strict deadline at any major registry.
The opposition window is firm — miss it and you fall back to a costlier cancellation after the mark registers. Filing is priced from a flat base; defence is quoted after a free triage.
Trusted by founders and brands worldwide
How it works
Tell us whether you need to file an opposition or defend against one, and share the conflicting mark and any deadline you've been served. We read the marks, the goods/services overlap, and the procedural posture.
An attorney gauges the strength of the case and recommends a route — opposition, defence, negotiation, or coexistence — then gives you a transparent quote for the work before anything begins.
Once engaged, your attorney files the documents, manages evidence and discovery, and represents you through to a board decision, a settlement, or the withdrawal of the conflicting application.
Two sides of one fight
An opposition has an opponent and an applicant. We represent either — and the same attorney team owns the matter end to end.
Challenge a conflicting application before it ever registers.
Someone opposed your application — protect what you filed.
Mind the window
Every jurisdiction sets a strict window from publication. Miss it and you fall back to a costlier cancellation after the mark registers. We track the date for you.
What it costs
Filing is standardised, so we quote it from a flat base. Defence depends on the cited grounds, so we scope it after a primary analysis. Either way, you see the full quote before any work begins. Government tribunal fees are separate and passed through at cost.
Challenge a conflicting mark
From $200
Protect your application
From $400
Quoted per matter after a free triage
Complex cases with multiple grounds or extensive discovery may be quoted higher. You get a complete breakdown before any work begins.
Understanding oppositions
The essentials behind every opposition — what a mark can be challenged on, how most cases actually resolve, and what a decision means.
The legal basis for challenging a trademark application.
Most oppositions settle before a final decision — often the most practical outcome.
The outcome of an opposition, and what comes next.
Get started
Tell us whether you're filing an opposition or defending against one, and a GTC attorney will scope the matter and email a quote before any work begins.
A conflicting application has published and you want to challenge it. Share the mark and the publication date, and we'll act inside the window.
Someone opposed your application. Send the Notice of Opposition and your deadline, and we'll triage the grounds today and quote the defence.
Why GTC
Send us the marks and any Notice or deadline, and an attorney reads the grounds, identifies the senior right, and quotes the work — before any work or payment.
A qualified attorney drafts the pleadings to the cited grounds and the tribunal's rules, and you approve every argument before it is filed.
We diary the opposition window or answer date the moment you engage and file inside it — a missed deadline can mean a default judgment.
The same team files and defends oppositions at the TTAB, the EUIPO Opposition Division, and every other registry your brand reaches.
Your Customer Success Team
Every GTC client gets a dedicated Account Manager and a Senior Account Manager who learn your business and stay with you from first email to final filing. They are named people who pick up the phone and already know your matter, so every step moves forward without delay.
Your day-to-day point of contact, who coordinates every matter, keeps things moving, and already knows your file. They have your full history, so you start every conversation where the last one left off.
Senior oversight on strategy and escalations, stepping in as your needs grow, so every important detail stays on track.
A named person, on email or a call, at every step.
How we compare
| What you get | GTC | Online filing services | Doing it yourself |
|---|---|---|---|
| An attorney reads the marks and identifies the senior right | |||
| Pleadings drafted to the tribunal's rules and filed in your window | |||
| Represents you on either side — filing an opposition or defending one | |||
| Cooling-off / coexistence settlement explored where viable | |||
| One team for oppositions across 107 offices | |||
| Tribunal fees passed through at cost |
An attorney reads the marks and identifies the senior right
Pleadings drafted to the tribunal's rules and filed in your window
Represents you on either side — filing an opposition or defending one
Cooling-off / coexistence settlement explored where viable
One team for oppositions across 107 offices
Tribunal fees passed through at cost
The timeline
An opposition runs on a fixed procedural calendar. Here is what to expect once a mark publishes.
The registry publishes the mark and the jurisdiction's opposition window opens — strict, and varying from 30 days to 4 months by office.
An opposition is filed against a mark. Send it over — an attorney reads the grounds and scopes the work, whether you're filing or defending.
We draft the pleadings to the tribunal's rules, you approve them, and we file inside the deadline.
Where viable we pursue coexistence or consent; otherwise we assemble and file the evidence package.
We see the proceeding through to the decision; appeals to a higher tribunal are scoped and quoted upfront.
In their words
I've had the pleasure of working with Rajat for many years. He has expertly guided me through the process of registering my company in the USA, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand, and more. His deep knowledge of trademark law across jurisdictions is impressive.
Darius Tay, ID
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Guides by registry
A dedicated guide for each major office, with that registry's opposition window, the grounds it hears, and the strategy for either side.
USPTO
30 days to oppose
§2(d) likelihood of confusion, §2(e) descriptiveness, dilution
See the United States guide
EUIPO
3 months to oppose
Article 8 — earlier marks & EU reputation
See the European Union guide
UKIPO
2 months to oppose
Sections 5(2)–5(4) — confusion, reputation, earlier rights
See the United Kingdom guide
IPIndia
4 months to oppose
§11 relative grounds, well-known marks, §9 absolute grounds
See the India guide
CNIPA
3 months to oppose
Article 30 prior marks, Article 11 distinctiveness, Article 32 bad faith
See the China guide
Any registry
Filed elsewhere, or not sure which side you're on? Send us the marks and any deadline and an attorney will triage the matter for every trademark office.
Talk to an opposition attorney
Got an opposition deadline closing in?
Book a free 30-minute triage call with a trademark attorney. We'll review the cited grounds, scope the right route — filing or defence — and quote before any work begins. No sales pitch, no obligation.
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