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Trademark Watch Services in France
Protect your brand beyond registration.
Our trademark watch service, managed by French and EU intellectual property lawyers, monitors new filings, alerts you to potential conflicts, and helps you act quickly before your rights are infringed.
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What is a Trademark Watch Service in France?
A trademark watch is a professional monitoring system that tracks newly filed trademarks to identify potentially conflicting applications that could infringe or dilute your rights.
Even after your mark is registered, competitors might file similar names or logos. Trademark offices do not automatically protect you—it’s your responsibility to monitor and oppose.
Our firm’s lawyers and paralegals monitor official databases such as INPI, EUIPO, and WIPO, providing early alerts and legal recommendations for oppositions or settlements.
Main Advantages :
Early detection: identify identical or similar filings as soon as they are published.
Global coverage: monitoring available for France, the EU, and worldwide jurisdictions.
Legal analysis: every alert is reviewed by IP lawyers—not automated algorithms.
Cost control: avoid costly litigation by acting during the opposition period.
Peace of mind: your trademark is continuously protected against infringement.
With a trademark watch in place, you remain in control of your brand’s reputation and legal security.
How Our Trademark Watch Service Works ?
Monitoring your trademarks in France doesn’t need to be complicated.
With FrenchCo.lawyer, your brand is watched, protected, and fully compliant with French and EU trademark law.
Here’s how we safeguard your rights at every stage:
Setting Up the Watch Parameters
We define your monitoring scope: the exact mark (word, logo, or both), relevant Nice classes, and target territories (France, EU, or international).
Configuring Databases and Tools
Our firm connects your trademark to professional monitoring tools that track official gazettes and databases in real time.
Legal Screening of New Filings
Each week or month, our lawyers review detected marks and assess the likelihood of confusion under trademark law.
Alerts and Legal Recommendations
You receive detailed alerts summarizing the conflicting mark, the filing owner, and our assessment (low, moderate, or high risk), along with strategic advice—such as negotiation, warning letters, or formal opposition.
Ongoing Legal Support
If you decide to act, we handle all opposition or enforcement procedures before the INPI, EUIPO, or WIPO, ensuring full representation and documentation.
Why Choose FrenchCo.lawyer?
Unlike automated subscription tools, our trademark watch is lawyer-supervised, ensuring that each alert is legally relevant and interpreted in context. All opinions are issued by registered French and European trademark attorneys, supported by trained paralegals. We combine legal accuracy with business pragmatism—so you can protect your brand efficiently, with confidence.
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What We Need From You to Activate a Trademark Watch ?
To ensure accurate and proactive trademark monitoring, we will ask you to provide:
Trademark Information
Provide your registered trademark (word and/or logo) and registration details—INPI, EUIPO, or WIPO reference numbers.
Territories to Monitor
Choose where to apply surveillance: France, European Union, or worldwide (via WIPO and partner databases).
Goods and Services
List the Nice classes or commercial sectors to include in the watch—our team can refine them if needed.
Frequency of Alerts
Select the reporting rhythm: monthly or quarterly monitoring with lawyer analysis.
And Then?
Once your watch is set, our monitoring tools and legal team take over. You will receive regular legal reports with early warnings on conflicting filings and actionable legal advice—ensuring that you never miss the chance to defend your rights within opposition deadlines.
Protect Your Trademark in France – Simple Process, Clear Budget
Flat legal fee starting from €499 excl. taxes* (includes continuous monitoring, alerts, and infringement assessment)
Additional mandatory costs: official database access and filing notifications
No hidden fees, no unnecessary add-ons
Our commitment:
No automated alerts or generic reports
No reseller intermediaries
Only qualified legal oversight
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Why Choose Us?
We Believe in Transparent, Lawyer-Led Trademark Protection
Fast and reliable monitoring: From initial setup to periodic alerts, we track every potential conflict across EU and French trademark databases.
Legally compliant process: Our trademark watch follows INPI and EUIPO standards to ensure full regulatory accuracy.
Protective legal action: Each alert is reviewed by IP lawyers to assess infringement risk and prepare appropriate opposition or defense strategies.
High professional standards: All analyses are supervised by qualified French trademark attorneys, ensuring precision and confidentiality.
Let us take care of your trademark protection —
so you can focus on growing your brand with confidence.
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Understanding Trademark Watch Services
Can I use a trademark watch without a registered trademark?
Yes. You can monitor identical or similar filings even if your own mark is pending or unregistered. A watch service spots risky applications early so you can object, oppose, or contact the filer before their mark proceeds too far. Registration strengthens your position, but it isn’t a prerequisite for monitoring.
1. Watches for Businesses Operating Abroad
If you sell from outside France or the EU but trade into these markets, you can still run a France/EU-focused watch. Alerts will flag filings that could affect your brand’s entry or distributor relationships. You don’t need a French or EU entity to subscribe, and reports can be delivered to counsel anywhere in the world.
2. France-Only vs EU-Wide Coverage
- France (INPI): Tracks filings published in France. Best if your main market, first launch, or key distributors are in France.
European Union (EUIPO): Covers all 27 EU Member States through a single EU trade mark system. Ideal if you sell across borders or plan to expand quickly.
Many clients start with France + EU to capture both national and EU trade mark filings that could block expansion.
3. International Operations (Non-EU)
If you export beyond the EU, add International/Madrid and selected national watches (e.g., UK, CH, US). We tailor coverage to your actual or intended sales and your online footprint (marketplaces, apps, SaaS user bases).
4. Special Name or Logo Issues
- Word marks: We monitor identical and confusingly similar spellings (including common typos).
- Logos/figurative marks: Visual similarity monitoring is available—useful when stylization or iconography does the brand work.
Transliterations/phonetics: For brands facing language variants, we add phonetic and transliteration logic in relevant territories.
5. What happens after setup?
We configure classes/territories, begin surveillance, and send lawyer-screened alerts. Each alert includes a risk rating and action menu (do nothing / watch / contact / oppose). You decide—we execute.
What actions can we take if a conflict appears?
- Monitor only: Keep an eye on use/renewals if risk is low.
- Contact the applicant: Seek coexistence or voluntary limitation of goods/services.
- Send a formal warning: Put rights on record, invite withdrawal.
- File an opposition: The most effective route during the publication window.
- Settle: Negotiate co-existence, undertakings, or transitions.
We draft and handle all communications or filings end-to-end.
Will a watch stop infringement by itself?
No. A watch is an early-warning system. It helps you act quickly—which is often the difference between an inexpensive opposition and a costly rebrand dispute later.
How many classes should I include?
Cover your current use, your near-term expansion, and any defensive adjacency that competitors commonly file in. Too narrow = missed threats; too broad = unnecessary noise. We calibrate to your risk appetite and budget.
Can I add product lines or new markets later?
Yes. You can extend classes/territories at any time. We can also add new brand variants (e.g., sub-brands, refreshed logos) as your portfolio grows.
What’s the minimum “scope” I should watch?
There’s no statutory minimum, but a practical baseline is:
- Territories: France + EU (if you sell or will sell across the EU).
- Classes: Your core Nice classes (where you use or intend to use the mark) plus obvious adjacent classes often used by competitors.
- Mark variants: Your main word mark, key logo, and any high-visibility sub-brands.
Which databases are monitored?
We connect to official publications and professional sources, typically including:
- France: INPI
- EU: EUIPO
- International: WIPO (Madrid) designations
- Optionally: Additional national offices (e.g., UKIPO, USPTO, IPI-CH) based on your plan.
Who reviews alerts and how are they assessed?
All hits are filtered by software and reviewed by lawyers. We assess:
- Similarity: visual, phonetic, and conceptual
- Goods/services proximity: overlap or complementarity within Nice classes
- Territory and priority: where and how soon it could impact you
- Defensibility: realistic grounds for opposition/negotiation
We then deliver a clear risk rating (Low/Medium/High) with recommended next steps.
What are the key deadlines I should know?
- France (INPI): Opposition period is 2 months from publication.
- EU (EUIPO): Opposition period is 3 months from publication.
- Madrid/International designations: Deadlines vary by designated office (often 1–3 months).
A watch ensures you see conflicts in time to act—after opposition windows close, options narrow and costs rise.
Cost and timing—what should I expect?
- Watch service: Flat fee (scope-dependent) covering configuration + periodic lawyer-reviewed alerts.
- Follow-on actions: Fixed/phase-based fees for negotiations or oppositions.
- Timing: Monitoring is continuous; alerts issue as soon as relevant publications appear. Opposition prep typically takes days, not weeks, if you decide to act.
Monitor Your Trademarks
Let our French IP lawyers & paralegals track and protect your marks for you.
More About Trademark Watch & Brand Protection
Can I monitor my trademark internationally?
Yes. Our French lawyers can monitor your trademark across the EU, WIPO, and national registries worldwide to detect any conflicting filings early.
What trademarks can be watched (word, logo, combined)?
We cover word marks, figurative marks, and combined trademarks—ensuring protection for both textual and visual elements of your brand.
How often are trademark databases checked?
Our system scans official databases weekly to identify newly filed or published marks that could conflict with yours.
Can I include similar marks or only identical ones?
You can choose to monitor both identical and confusingly similar marks, depending on the level of brand protection you need.
Will I get alerts for conflicting applications?
Yes. You’ll receive detailed alerts with full reference data and legal guidance from our trademark lawyers when a conflict is detected.
Can you handle oppositions or legal actions too?
- Absolutely. Our legal team can prepare and file oppositions or take enforcement actions directly before INPI, EUIPO, or WIPO.
What are the typical monitoring fees?
Trademark watch services start from €199 per year per mark, depending on the number of territories and scope of coverage selected.
Can I adjust my watch coverage anytime?
Yes. You can expand or limit your monitoring scope at any time—our team will instantly update your watch settings.
