# UK Trademark Search — UKIPO Brand Clearance API (`nexgendata/uk-trademark-search`) Actor

UK brand clearance post-Brexit — search the GB trademark register by mark, Nice class and status. Structured records with official UKIPO deep-links. Pay per record.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/nexgendata/uk-trademark-search.md
- **Developed by:** [NexGenData](https://apify.com/nexgendata) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Other
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $50.00 / 1,000 trademark records

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## UK Trademark Search — UKIPO Brand Clearance API

**UK brand clearance for brand owners, IP attorneys, and agencies.** Search the UK (GB) trademark register by mark text, Nice class, and status — and get a clean, structured record for every hit, each carrying its official UKIPO deep-link.

> **EU trademark coverage no longer includes the UK.** Since Brexit, clearing a mark in Europe means **two** searches — the EU register *and* the UK register. This Actor is the second one. Pair it with our EUIPO search for full European clearance.

### Run it as a brand watch (schedule)

Brand clearance is a *monitoring* job, not a one-off. Schedule this Actor to watch the UK register for new filings that collide with your mark:

```
Schedule: weekly (cron 0 7 * * 1)
Input:
{ "query": "yourbrand", "niceClasses": [9, 42], "status": "all", "maxResults": 50 }
```

New conflicting applications surface the week they publish — feed them straight into your clearance or opposition workflow.

### What you get (per record)

| Field | Example |
|---|---|
| `tmName` | APPLE |
| `applicationNumber` | UK00003046893 |
| `registrationNumber` | UK00003046893 |
| `tradeMarkStatus` | Registered |
| `niceClass` | \[9, 12, 14, 16, 25, 28, 35, 36, 37, 38, 41, 42, 45] |
| `applicantName` | \["Apple Inc."] |
| `applicationDate` / `registrationDate` / `expirationDate` | 2034-03-14 (expiry) |
| `tradeMarkType` | Individual |
| `office` | GB |
| `officialUrl` | deep-link to the official UKIPO record |

Inputs: `query` (the mark text, required), `niceClasses` (optional list), `status` (all / registered / pending / expired), `dateFrom` / `dateTo` (application date), `maxResults` (default 25).

### Pricing

Pay-per-event: **$0.005** actor start + **$0.10 per trademark record** — about **$1 ≈ 10 records**. You pay for the marks you actually get back.

### Where the data comes from (honest source note)

Records are served via **TMview (TMDN)** — the EUIPO-operated official network that aggregates national trademark registers, **including the UK IPO (GB office)**. Every record carries its official `officialUrl` deep-link back to the UKIPO record, so any result can be verified at source. This is the authoritative register data, not a re-scrape of a consumer search page.

### Use with AI agents

Point an agent at it for automated clearance checks:

```
Check if "Northstar" is registered as a UK trademark in classes 9 and 42;
return the status and expiry date for each hit.
```

Supports the **x402** agent-payment standard (pay-per-event) for autonomous agent use.

### Works with

Full IP clearance franchise (plain links, both directions):

- [euipo-esearch-trademarks](https://apify.com/nexgendata/euipo-esearch-trademarks) — **the paired play: EU + UK = full European clearance**
- [uspto-trademark-search](https://apify.com/nexgendata/uspto-trademark-search) — US register
- [wipo-patentscope-search](https://apify.com/nexgendata/wipo-patentscope-search) — international
- [trademark-conflict-watch](https://apify.com/nexgendata/trademark-conflict-watch) — collision monitoring
- [ttab-trademark-opposition-tracker](https://apify.com/nexgendata/ttab-trademark-opposition-tracker) — opposition proceedings
- [patents-trademarks-ip-mcp-server](https://apify.com/nexgendata/patents-trademarks-ip-mcp-server) — the IP front door for agents

### Compliance

UK trademark **registry data for your clearance workflow — not legal advice.** Public register records via the official TMDN network; verify any result at its `officialUrl` before acting.

# Actor input Schema

## `query` (type: `string`):

The trademark text to search on the UK (GB) register, e.g. a brand name or word mark.

## `niceClasses` (type: `array`):

Optional list of Nice classification class numbers (1-45) to filter by, e.g. \[9, 42].

## `status` (type: `string`):

Filter by legal status of the mark.

## `dateFrom` (type: `string`):

Optional lower bound on application date (YYYY-MM-DD).

## `dateTo` (type: `string`):

Optional upper bound on application date (YYYY-MM-DD).

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum trademark records to return.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "nike",
  "niceClasses": [],
  "status": "all",
  "maxResults": 25
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "query": "nike"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("nexgendata/uk-trademark-search").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "query": "nike" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("nexgendata/uk-trademark-search").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "query": "nike"
}' |
apify call nexgendata/uk-trademark-search --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=nexgendata/uk-trademark-search",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/7ZXykypXDDpuGXVac/builds/EE02lexJuSWdXO9NG/openapi.json