--- title: "Trademark Filing | Pitch, European law firm" description: "Our filing technology prepares EUIPO, BOIP and WIPO applications in one flow. An EUIPO or Benelux filing is usually done within one working day, at a fixed…" url: https://pitch.law/technologies/trademark-filing --- [pitch](https://pitch.law/) [Technology](https://pitch.law/technologies) [Trademarks & brand protection](https://pitch.law/technology-categories/online-brand-protection) # Trademark Filing Our filing technology prepares EUIPO, BOIP and WIPO applications in one flow. An EUIPO or Benelux filing is usually done within one working day, at a fixed fee. Nothing is filed without an attorney's sign-off. ## What it does You have decided to protect a mark. This technology turns that decision into a correct application. It collects the data once, checks it, and prepares it for the right office in the form that office expects. Nothing is filed without an attorney's sign-off. The choice of mark, classes, specification and territory stays the attorney's responsibility. It sits at the end of [trademark clearance](https://pitch.law/solutions/trademark-clearance), so the goods, services and jurisdictions you cleared are the ones you file. And it sits at the start of [trademark registration](https://pitch.law/solutions/trademark-registration), where we follow the application through to registration. A filing with the EUIPO or the Benelux Office usually goes out within one working day, at a fixed fee. Outside the EU and the Benelux, we file through the Madrid System or through our network of correspondent firms worldwide. ## Functions ### Application drafting The application starts as a working file: applicant details, the sign (word, figurative or combined), any priority claim, and the list of goods and services. The attorney can reopen and amend the draft until it is confirmed. ### Goods and services from harmonised terms For the EUIPO, goods and services are picked from the Office's harmonised terms, structured by the [Nice classification](https://pitch.law/academy/the-nice-classification-explained). Harmonised terms avoid classification objections, and they are what makes an application eligible for [EUIPO Fast Track](https://pitch.law/academy/euipo-fast-track-filing). If your business needs wording the database does not have, the attorney decides whether the consequences of a custom term are worth it. ### Validation Before filing, the application is checked against the formal requirements: mandatory fields, representation of the sign, consistency between classes and fees. Errors the Office would raise later get caught now. ### Filing at the EUIPO Once you and the attorney have confirmed, the attorney files with the EUIPO. Always in this order: draft, validate, attorney confirms, attorney files. The filing receipt and application number are stored with the matter. ### Pre-filled packages for the BOIP and WIPO For the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP), and for international applications under the Madrid System through WIPO, the technology prepares a complete pre-filled package: data, specification and annexes, in the form each office expects. The attorney reviews it and files once confirmed. For Madrid, the package builds on the base mark and the countries you chose to designate. ### Handover to the docket Once filed, the application goes into the docket with its dates. Examination, publication and the opposition period are then followed through our [portfolio and deadline technology](https://pitch.law/technologies/portfolio-renewals). A person confirms every computed date. The attorney's checks sit at fixed points. Sign and classes are confirmed before validation. The specification is read line by line, because its wording defines the scope of the right. Territories and route are checked against your instructions and the cost overview. Only then is the filing released, and the system records who confirmed what, and when. What goes in is simple: your instruction, the cleared sign, the agreed specification. What comes out is a validated draft, a filing receipt and a set of docket entries. If the attorney changes anything after validation, the draft is validated again, so the version filed is always the version confirmed. Nothing is ever sent on a schedule or on the system's own initiative. ## What you receive A filing confirmation with the application number and the filed specification, a copy of what was submitted, and an overview of what to expect next. The application also shows up in the client portal. What happens after filing is set out in [the route from application to registration](https://pitch.law/academy/trademark-registration-from-application-to-registration). ## Where it is used For new trademark applications at the EUIPO, the BOIP and through the Madrid System. Usually after a clearance, and always with a cost overview from the [IP cost estimator](https://pitch.law/technologies/ip-cost-estimator). Also when an existing mark is extended to further goods or countries. ## In short - EUIPO, BOIP and WIPO applications prepared in one flow - Draft, validate, attorney confirms, attorney files - Goods and services from EUIPO's harmonised terms - Complete pre-filled packages for the BOIP and WIPO (Madrid) - Filed marks flow into the docket ## Related solutions - [Solutions](https://pitch.law/solutions/trademark-clearance) ### [Trademark Clearance](https://pitch.law/solutions/trademark-clearance) [Can you use the name, and can you register it? A clearance search answers both, with a signed opinion that rates each risk and tells you what to do. Usually within one working day, at a fixed fee.](https://pitch.law/solutions/trademark-clearance) - [Solutions](https://pitch.law/solutions/trademark-registration) ### [Trademark Registration](https://pitch.law/solutions/trademark-registration) [We choose the right route and scope for your mark, file it with the EUIPO, the BOIP or through the Madrid System, and keep it in order afterwards.](https://pitch.law/solutions/trademark-registration) - [Solutions](https://pitch.law/solutions/incorporation) ### [Incorporate a Company in Belgium](https://pitch.law/solutions/incorporation) [Setting up a Belgian company means choosing the right form, a sound financial plan, articles and a shareholders' agreement, and making sure the company owns the IP behind the business. We prepare everything and work with your notary.](https://pitch.law/solutions/incorporation) ## Background reading - [Academy](https://pitch.law/academy/trademark-registration-from-application-to-registration) ### [Trademark Registration: From Application to Registration](https://pitch.law/academy/trademark-registration-from-application-to-registration) [How a trademark application moves through the EUIPO, the Benelux office (BOIP) and the Madrid System, what happens after registration, and what keeps a registered mark in force.](https://pitch.law/academy/trademark-registration-from-application-to-registration) - [Academy](https://pitch.law/academy/euipo-fast-track-filing) ### [EUIPO Fast Track](https://pitch.law/academy/euipo-fast-track-filing) [Fast Track speeds up examination of EU trade mark applications that use pre-approved wording. This article explains what it is, what it does not change and when it makes sense.](https://pitch.law/academy/euipo-fast-track-filing) - [Academy](https://pitch.law/academy/the-nice-classification-explained) ### [Nice Classification: How the 45 Classes Work](https://pitch.law/academy/the-nice-classification-explained) [The Nice Classification sorts goods and services into 45 trademark classes (software, for example, is in class 9). How to choose classes and word them.](https://pitch.law/academy/the-nice-classification-explained) - [Academy](https://pitch.law/academy/ip-cost-planning-budgeting-for-multi-jurisdiction-filings) ### [IP Cost Planning for Multi-Jurisdiction Filings](https://pitch.law/academy/ip-cost-planning-budgeting-for-multi-jurisdiction-filings) [What a trademark portfolio costs depends on routes, classes and countries as much as on the number of marks. This article sets out the cost elements and how to plan them over the life of a mark.](https://pitch.law/academy/ip-cost-planning-budgeting-for-multi-jurisdiction-filings) - [Academy](https://pitch.law/academy/trademark-clearance-search-explained) ### [What Is a Trademark Clearance Search?](https://pitch.law/academy/trademark-clearance-search-explained) [A clearance search checks, before you file or launch, whether earlier rights stand in the way of a new mark. This article explains what it covers, what it cannot do and how to read the result.](https://pitch.law/academy/trademark-clearance-search-explained) ## More in Trademarks & brand protection - ### [Online Brand Monitoring](https://pitch.law/technologies/domain-monitoring-enforcement) [Continuous discovery of lookalike domain names, counterfeit listings and impersonating accounts, with detections shown in the client portal for attorney review.](https://pitch.law/technologies/domain-monitoring-enforcement) - ### [Trademark Clearance Search](https://pitch.law/technologies/efficient-cost-effective-and-accurate-trademark-clearance-solutions) [Our clearance engine takes a name from intake to a signed opinion. It tests absolute grounds, searches registers and the web, and scores every conflict. An attorney signs off each step.](https://pitch.law/technologies/efficient-cost-effective-and-accurate-trademark-clearance-solutions) - ### [Trademark and Design Watch](https://pitch.law/technologies/online-brand-protection) [Scheduled watches of trademark and design registers, with new hits compared against the last run and routed to a recommended action for you to decide on.](https://pitch.law/technologies/online-brand-protection) - ### [Takedowns and Enforcement Notices](https://pitch.law/technologies/online-takedowns) [A notice workflow for marketplaces, registrars, hosts and platforms, with a timestamped evidence pack for each action and enforcement documents drafted in four languages.](https://pitch.law/technologies/online-takedowns) ## Let’s talk Tell us what you’re working on. We’ll get the right person on it and reply within one business day. The first chat is free. [Schedule a meeting](https://pitch.law/schedule)