# UK Trade Mark Applications Weekly (IPO Journal Watch) (`faceless-api/uk-trademark-journal-watch`) Actor

Every UK trade mark application published for opposition in the IPO's weekly Trade Marks Journal: application number, mark text, Nice classes and goods/services, applicant organisation and country, representative, filing date, journal issue and the two-month opposition deadline.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/faceless-api/uk-trademark-journal-watch.md
- **Developed by:** [gio](https://apify.com/faceless-api) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

$1.00 / 1,000 result (one record)s

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## UK Trade Mark Applications Weekly (IPO Journal Watch)

**Every UK trade mark application published for opposition** — UK filings and international registrations designating the UK, from the Intellectual Property Office's weekly Trade Marks Journal (Open Government Licence v3). Application number, mark text and type, Nice classes and goods/services, applicant organisation and country, representative firm, filing and priority dates, journal issue, publication date and the **two-month opposition deadline**. Rolling 52 weekly issues, refreshed the morning after each Friday's journal.

### What people use it for

- **Trade mark watching** — find new applications similar to your mark (by word, class or goods) while the opposition window is still open, instead of paying a watch service £180–320 per mark per year.
- **IP firms and attorneys** — weekly prospect lists of applicants filing without a representative, by class or country.
- **Brand and market research** — who is filing what in a class; new entrants by sector.
- **Compliance and onboarding** — check a counterparty's recent filings.

### Output (one item per published application)

`application_number, journal_number, publication_date, opposition_deadline, mark_text, mark_type, classes, class_count, goods_services, applicant_type, applicant, applicant_country, representative, filing_date, priority_date, origin, international_registration, series_count, section, journal_url, register_url`

### Data posture

Public-register data reduced to organisation level: an applicant or representative name is kept only when it is an organisation; individual applicants are recorded as "individual or unincorporated" without a name, addresses are reduced to the country, and mark images are never stored. Pay per result; set **Maximum results** to control spend. Data from gankdat.com (REST API, MCP server, weekly change feed).

# Actor input Schema

## `classes` (type: `string`):

One two-digit Nice class, e.g. 09 (software), 25 (clothing), 35 (advertising/retail), 42 (SaaS). Leave blank for all.

## `mark_text` (type: `string`):

Filter: mark text contains (case-insensitive substring match) — your own mark or a similar word.

## `applicant` (type: `string`):

Applicant organisation name contains (individual applicants carry no name).

## `applicant_country` (type: `string`):

ISO country code or name as published, e.g. GB, US, DE.

## `applicant_type` (type: `string`):

organisation or individual — leave blank for all.

## `representative` (type: `string`):

Trade mark attorney firm name contains.

## `journal_number` (type: `string`):

Issue number as published, e.g. 2026/038. Leave blank for the whole rolling year.

## `origin` (type: `string`):

UK application or International registration designating the UK.

## `goods_services` (type: `string`):

Filter: goods and services specification contains (case-insensitive substring match).

## `publication_date_after` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD — e.g. last week's issue only

## `opposition_deadline_after` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD — marks still open to opposition

## `q` (type: `string`):

Filter: Free-text search (case-insensitive substring match).

## `max_results` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many records (you are charged per result).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "max_results": 1000
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

One item per record, as JSON (also downloadable as CSV/Excel from the dataset).

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("faceless-api/uk-trademark-journal-watch").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("faceless-api/uk-trademark-journal-watch").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call faceless-api/uk-trademark-journal-watch --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,faceless-api/uk-trademark-journal-watch"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/ylcE4j8dLyjoI23hN/builds/xda2y6PCtH5Gkj6ee/openapi.json