Intellectual Property: Online market for second hand trade marks

The Trademark Catalogue has gone live, providing an online market for brand owners to buy and sell trade mark rights over the internet. The aim of the service is to enable the owners of dormant trade marks and associated domain names to sell their rights efficiently and safely and save potential buyers the cost and uncertainty of making trade mark applications. The service has been developed by well-known IP practitioner, Peter Rouse, who estimates that there will be a demand for the service as up to 30% of registered trade marks are currently unused.

Trademark Catalogue