Intellectual Property

What Intellectual Property does

Intellectual Property MTÜ is an Estonian non-profit association (Mittetulundusühing) headquartered in Tallinn, providing intellectual property registration and paralegal services to creators and innovators across the European Union and the United Kingdom. The organization is operated by three named managers — Chantal (Chief Strategy Officer), Virginie (Chief Data Officer), and Chris (Chief Digital Officer) — and reports a headcount band of 1–10. There are no shareholders, no equity investors, and no parent entity.

The core product portfolio comprises UK and EU trademark filing, trademark opposition, trademark and design agent representation (covering the entire registration duration), and pass-through payment of official UKIPO fees. Pricing is uniformly flat-fee and low-ticket: £99 per UK trademark class, £99 per UK trademark opposition, £49 per UK trademark agent service, £12 per UK design agent service, plus transaction-based pass-through of official filing fees. The technology layer is a self-serve WordPress-based e-commerce platform with a ticketing system that issues unique tracking references per inquiry and a quoted one-business-day reply SLA. The principal proprietary feature is PERCESS™ (Percentage of Success), which provides a quantitative probability estimate for trademark registration and opposition outcomes before engagement. Marketing and distribution are executed through a 20+ language website and a dedicated French-language storefront (fr.intellectualproperty.ee), with multi-currency support (GBP, EUR, USD).

The go-to-market is self-serve product-led growth, targeting SMBs, individuals and creators — particularly French-speaking creators and post-Brexit UK-bound EU applicants. The organization claims coverage of all 26 EU intellectual property offices (including EUIPO and BOIP covering Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg) plus UK jurisdictions (England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, Gibraltar), and is compatible with the WIPO Madrid Protocol for international trademark filings. Revenue is not disclosed, no funding rounds are recorded, and the corporate form is structurally incompatible with conventional venture or private equity investment.

Name

Intellectual Property

Legal name

Intellectual Property MTÜ

Website

https://intellectualproperty.ee

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Intellectual Property MTÜ is an Estonian non-profit association offering self-serve trademark and design registration, opposition, and agent services across all 26 EU IP offices and the UK, targeted at creators and SMBs via flat-fee e-commerce.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Intellectual Property Services

NAICS

Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services (51929), Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services (519), Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling (541910)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Intellectual Property (IP) Law (BPAHAAAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

IP Search, Watch & Competitive Intelligence (BPAHAMAI), IP Due Diligence & Freedom-to-Operate (FTO) Analysis (BPAHAMAG)

Keywords

• Trademark registration services
• Design registration services
• Intellectual property representation
• Trademark opposition services
• IP paralegal services

Headquarters

HQ city

Tallinn

HQ country

Estonia

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Trademark Registration Services: One-time fee services for trademark filing, opposition, and agent representation across EU and UK jurisdictions
2. Design Registration Services: Flat fee service for design registration agent representation covering entire registration duration
3. Official Filing Fees (Pass-through): Payment processing for official government filing fees (UKIPO, EUIPO, and other national offices)

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Intellectual Property MTÜ is a non-profit association that offers trademark and design registration, opposition, and ongoing agent representation services across EU and UK jurisdictions. Its core offer combines filing services, prior-art searches, and PERCESS™ success-rate prediction, supported by paralegal services covering office action responses, review/proofreading, and cancellation procedures.

Product overview

Intellectual Property MTÜ is a non-profit association providing intellectual property services primarily focused on EU and UK markets. The company offers a portfolio of services including trademark and design registration, opposition procedures, and agent representation services. The core product portfolio consists of: (1) UK Trademark Filing and Registration services with prior art searches and success rate prediction (PERCESS), (2) UK Trademark Opposition services as agent throughout the procedure, (3) UK Trademark Agent Services for ongoing representation with OMPI Madrid Protocol support, (4) UK Design Agent Services similarly supporting registered designs, and (5) Official fee payment services (Redevances) for UKIPO filings and oppositions. The company operates across all 26 EU intellectual property offices including EUIPO and BOIP, and serves as representative for UK IP matters for French-speaking clients.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• UK Trademark Filing Service (Dépôt de marque au Royaume-Uni) Trademark registration service for the UK covering England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, and Gibraltar, with prior trademark searches and the PERCESS™ success-rate prediction included.
• UK Trademark Opposition Service (Opposition de marque au Royaume-Uni) Agent representation for the complete UK trademark opposition procedure from start to finish, with PERCESS™ success-rate prediction included.
• UK Trademark Agent Service (Service d'agent pour marque au Royaume-Uni) Ongoing UK trademark representation covering the entire registration duration, including forwarding all official correspondence to the client; compatible with the WIPO Madrid Protocol.
• UK Design Agent Service (Service d'agent pour dessins et modèles au Royaume-Uni) Ongoing UK design representation covering the entire registration duration, including forwarding all official correspondence to the client; compatible with the WIPO Madrid Protocol.
• Evidence Collection Service Collection of evidence for intellectual property cases, intended for creators and rightsholders preparing IP claims or defences.
• Statement Preparation Service Preparation and submission of full legal statements to the appropriate intellectual property offices on behalf of clients.
• Judgments Enforcement Service Collection of awards given in court decisions and enforcement of judgments in intellectual property disputes.
• Paralegal Services (Review, Office Action, Opposition, Cancellation) Paralegal work including review/proofreading of applications, Office Action response drafting, opposition procedure handling, and registered IP right cancellation.

Quantifiable outcome

• 30% of registered trademarks do not offer correct protection without professional help
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• EUIPO (European Union Intellectual Property Office)coreTechnology or IntegrationCoverage of EUIPO services for EU-wide trademark and design registration across all 27 EU member states
• BOIP (Benelux Office for Intellectual Property)coreTechnology or IntegrationCoverage of BOIP for Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg intellectual property registration
• UKIPO (UK Intellectual Property Office)coreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership for UK trademark and design registration services covering England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, and Gibraltar
• WIPO Madrid ProtocolcoreTechnology or IntegrationCompatible with WIPO Madrid Protocol for international trademark registration

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Trademarkia: Online trademark search, registration and monitoring platform serving SMBs and individual filers globally. Highly comparable as a self-serve trademark filing service with prior-search functionality — directly overlapping IP MTÜ's core offering but at much larger scale.
• Trademark Engine: Online trademark and patent filing service targeting small businesses and entrepreneurs. Directly comparable flat-fee self-serve model and target customer segment, competing head-on in the SMB/creator trademark filing category.

Broad incumbents

• LegalZoom: Large US-headquartered online legal services platform offering trademark registration, business formation, and a wide range of legal products. Comparable on self-serve PLG trademark filing model and target SMB/individual customer, but with vastly broader product portfolio and US-centric.
• Dennemeyer Group: Established global IP service provider offering trademark, patent, and design filing plus annuity and portfolio management. Comparable as a full-stack IP services firm working across EUIPO, UKIPO, and WIPO — overlapping coverage and procedural capabilities with IP MTÜ but at enterprise scale.
• Marks & Clerk: Major European IP law firm with offices across the UK and EU offering trademark, patent, and design services. Comparable jurisdictional coverage (UK + EU) and trademark/design expertise, but with traditional law firm delivery rather than self-serve storefront model.
• Clarivate (CPA Global / IPfolio): Global IP intelligence and services firm (formerly CPA Global) offering filing, prosecution, and IP management software (IPfolio). Comparable EU/UK filing coverage and broader IP management product portfolio; major competitor on enterprise and SMB segments.
• Questel: International IP services and software firm providing trademark, patent, and design filing alongside IP analytics platforms (Orbit). Overlaps with IP MTÜ in EU/UK filing and broader IP strategy services, with established enterprise client base.
• HGF (Hague Fowler): Top-tier European IP law firm specializing in trademarks, patents, and designs with offices across the UK, Germany, Netherlands and other EU states. Comparable UK+EU trademark/design practice with deep expertise, but enterprise/law-firm positioning rather than SMB self-serve.

Emerging players

• IPfolio: IP management and docketing software platform (now part of Clarivate) for trademark and patent portfolios. Comparable on the data/analytics dimension of IP MTÜ's PERCESS™ concept, but focused on portfolio software rather than filing services.

Others

• WIPO Madrid System (WIPO): World Intellectual Property Organization operates the Madrid Protocol for international trademark registration. IP MTÜ positions itself as Madrid-compatible, so WIPO is the underlying protocol/infrastructure partner rather than a direct competitor, but it sets the global standard IP MTÜ aligns with.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses1 record

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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