Awarding of costs
Statistics requested on awarding of costs in trade mark opposition cases and information on the training of hearing officers dealing with such cases.
Source · Transparency & FOI
GOV.UK Published FOI Responses
12,400 published responses
108 organisations
Q1 2026 latest stats period
85.5% avg on-time rate
Published Freedom of Information and Environmental Information Regulations responses from central government. Each entry is a public question answered and published by a government body.
Published responses
IPO trade mark dataset
Request for bulk data access to the IPO trade mark dataset.
Outcomes of trade mark hearings
Statistics requested on percentage of successful outcomes following hearings.
Rule 70(2) of the Trade Mark Rules 2008
Information about interim decisions refusing grant to appeal under Rule 70(2) of the Trade Mark Rules 2008.
Defended trade mark oppositions and invalidity cases
Percentages of trade mark opposition and invalidity cases that are defended.
Registration of sub-licences of IP rights
Request for figures of sub-licences of patents, trade marks and registered designs.
Expired brand names or trade marks
Request for information on searching for food-related trade marks from pre-2005.
Publication and opposition of trade marks
Request for information regarding average time to publication of trade mark applications and percentage of oppositions.
Registrations of series of trade marks
Request for a list of registrations of series marks, i.e. 2 or more variations of marks per registration over a 6 month period.
Advanced trade mark search: NICE Classes 35 to 45
Search for registered trade marks in service classes from 1 January 2004 to 1 January 2014.
Trade mark registration stats
Request for information about trade marks registered in the UK.
Figures for trade mark objections, hearings, appeals and oppositions
Request for selected trade mark statistics for 2013.
Intellectual property statistics
Request for information on patents, trade marks and designs, granted or registered and in force for the years 1980 and 1990.
Private applications of trade marks
Request for information on unrepresented UK trade mark applications and fast track oppositions.
Registered colour trade marks
Request for a list of all UK registered colour marks.
Revocations, invalidations and cancellations of designs, trade marks and patents
Request for rates of revocation, invalidation and cancellation of Intellectual Property rights.
Trade mark application figures filed from South American locations
Request for information on the numbers of applications filed in the UK from selected South American states.
Trade mark applications and registrations for financial services
Request for data on trade mark applications and registrations made during for financial services for the year 2013.
Internal practice notes sent to trade mark examiners during October and November 2013
Request for all internal practice notes to Trade Mark Examiners between October 2013 and November 2013.
Patents and trade marks granted to Scottish universities
Request for numbers of trade marks and patents applied for by each Scottish university and how many of each that have been registered/granted.
Accommodation for trade union business
Request to provide details of office accommodation for trade union business and related miscellaneous costs.
Historical trade mark fees
Request for old fees for trade mark filing and renewal.
Request for information about trade mark procedures
Request for information about trade mark oppositions, staffing of the trade mark Registry, etc.
Request for IP statistics
Request to provide data points for patents, trade marks and designs, broken down by region to NUT S3 level.
Trade mark application and opposition statistics
Request for statistics of trade mark applications claiming priority from an earlier application, International trade mark applications and certain oppositions.
Trade mark applications filed through Irish agents
Request for figures of trade mark applications filed through Irish agents during 2008 to 2012 inclusive.
Trade mark data requests
Request for total UK trade mark applications in 2012 and applications in Class 5 only (pharmaceuticals, disinfectants etc.), similar figures for marks in force and growth rate in recent years.
IP data request
Request for IP statistics of patents, trade marks and designs granted and in force in the UK (for years 1995, 1996, 1985 and 1986).
Trade mark applications and fees
The number of trade mark applications and the revenue they generated in either the calendar year of 2012, or tax year of 2012/ 2013.
Trade mark statistics
Numbers of registered trade marks, European Court of Justice trade mark cases and trade mark agents.
Number of UK registered trade marks and patents
Information on the numbers of ‘live’ registered trade marks and patents in the UK.
Request for registered trade mark information
Request for registered trade mark information within the FMGC market.
Trade mark searching
Request for details of an application programming interface for trade mark searching.
Responses by year
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| Publication year | Published responses |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 33 |
| 2015 | 55 |
| 2016 | 55 |
| 2017 | 18 |
| 2018 | 49 |
| 2019 | 7 |
| 2021 | 12 |
| 2022 | 14 |
| 2023 | 18 |
| 2024 | 10 |
| 2025 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 |
Top publishers
FOI timeliness — Q1 2026
Best on-time rates
Debt Management Office
100.0%
Serious Fraud Office
100.0%
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
99.0%
Wales Office
96.8%
Charity Commission
96.6%
Lowest on-time rates
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
50.0%
Health and Safety Executive
63.0%
Department for Business and Trade
67.0%
Cabinet Office
69.9%
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
73.6%