Official search only.
2-3 working days.
Multi class filing system.
YES, a trademark can be registered in the name of more than one applicant. The requirements are the same as in the case of a single applicant.
NO. The Power of Attorney must be filed together with the application.
In most cases, it gives it additional protections to all the goods in the class.
This depends on the Registrar’s discretion.
There is not provision for opposition. However, a trademark registration may be cancelled by third parties within five years from the registration date.
15 years as from the filing date.
6 months before expiry.
3 months from the protection’s expiry date with penalty.
The use of a trademark is not compulsory for filing applications, maintaining trademark registration in force, or for renewal or maintenance of a trademark. Prior use constitutes the main criteria in determining proprietorship of a trademark, and is never considered as a pre-requisite for registration, or even a requirement to maintain that registration valid and enforced in the future. A trademark registration is cancelled only through a court action filed by a prior user, requesting such cancellation.
YES, based on the prior-use of the mark.
NO. May be recorded for registrations only.
YES, may be transferred by inheritance, sale and assignment with its price or free of charge, with or without the commercial establishment.
YES, any transfer or assignment shall be effected only if executed in writing and recorded in the Protection Bureau, otherwise it shall be considered null and void towards every other person.
YES, upon request and payment of prescribed fees.
NO. Trademarks may be assigned with or without the goodwill of the business concerned.
One (1) dollar is sufficient to be mentioned in the assignment with a tax of 3/1000 based on the amount indicated.