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Filing is not the end.

A registered mark needs attention for as long as you hold it. Notum watches for new applications that come close to a mark you care about, and tells you as they are published, in time to act.

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What an alert is

An alert is a sentence, not a number.

Each alert is written out in full, scored the way a search result is. It names the new application, the ring it entered, the class, and the likeness that drove it. Where an opposition window is open, it gives the date it closes and how many days are left.

In the app, the Watch Radar plots each new mark against your own on the same range rings as a search, so a close arrival is easy to see. Marks that arrived since your last visit are ringed.

A watched mark on the Watch Radar for an example watch: a field with a magenta closest mark inside the 75 ring, and beside it alerts, each a sentence naming a new application, the ring it entered and the date its opposition window closes, in magenta, with the days left.
Product screen. Example watch, demo data. The radar and two alerts, as the product shows them. Open full size (opens the image in a new tab)

What triggers one

Five things Notum tells you about.

  1. 01

    A close new application

    Someone applies for a mark near yours. When it enters your 75, 50 or 25 ring, the alert says which ring, in which class, and which likeness drove it: sound, look or meaning.

  2. 02

    An opposition window opening

    A newly published application can be opposed for a short, fixed period: two months from publication, or three with a notice of threatened opposition. The alert gives the date the window closes and the days left.

  3. 03

    A TM7A notice pack

    For a UK application inside its window, Notum prepares the details for a notice of threatened opposition (form TM7A) as a PDF. You file it yourself with the UK IPO. Notum files nothing.

  4. 04

    A renewal date approaching

    When the expiry date of a mark tied to your watch is near, Notum reminds you at six months, three months and one month before it.

  5. 05

    A status change

    When the status on the register of a mark Notum has already raised against your watch changes, you hear about it.

An opposition period alert for an example watch: a sentence naming the new application and its ring, a line reading opposition window open until a date with the days left, and a section headed Prepare a notice of threatened opposition with a download button.
Product screen. Example alert, demo data. The opposition window with its date, and the button that prepares the TM7A pack. Open full size (opens the image in a new tab)

On the chart

A close filing crosses the rings.

New applications are published all the time. Notum plots each one against your mark, and the one that comes close lights in magenta with the date its window closes beside it. The rest pass by.

Illustrative example. Not a live result. Marks and dates are invented; every new filing is shown in italic, because it is still inside its opposition window.

New filings near LUMIVA, class 11, closest first

  1. LUMIVAXLooks like your mark, class 11, published 7 September 2026Opposition window closes 7 November 2026, or 7 December 2026 with a notice of threatened opposition (form TM7A).81% similar
  2. LOOMEOSounds like your mark, class 11, published 7 September 202652% similar
  3. LUMOSTRALooks like your mark, class 35, published 14 September 202644% similar
  4. GLEAMVIAMeans like your mark, class 9, published 14 September 202636% similar

How alerts reach you

In the app, with email coming soon.

Alerts reach you in the app, as new applications are published. Email delivery is coming soon.

For firms, posting alerts to Slack and Microsoft Teams, or to your own systems by signed webhook, is coming soon.

One mark or a portfolio

Watching comes with Professional, for up to 5 marks, and with Practice, for up to 25 marks. Prices are on the pricing page. Early access is by invitation and nothing is charged during it.

Limits

An alert, not an action.

Notum tells you promptly when something relevant happens. It does not file a renewal, lodge an opposition or advise you whether to oppose. Those are decisions for you and a trade mark attorney.

The TM7A pack carries the same coverage statement as a search, so you can see which register records it did not read.

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