A trade mark is the name, the brand, the label, the logo for designating a particular product or service of a particular company. Our trade mark department offers the following services:
- Searching for identical or similar trade marks;
- Analysing trade marks in order to determine whether they fulfil the necessary registration requirements and/or whether they are defendable;
- Drafting the list of goods and/or services for trade mark applications;
- Submitting applications for trade mark registration in the required countries;
- Countries in which trade mark registration can be obtained by means of a single trade mark application in accordance with the “Madrid System"
http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/treaties/en/documents/pdf/madrid_marks.pdf
- Countries in which priority can be claimed in accordance with the international conventions: “The Paris Convention” or “The WTO-TRIPS Agreement”.
http://ige.ch/e/jurinfo/documents/j10002d.pdf
- Countries in which trade mark registration can be obtained by means of a single trade mark application in accordance with the “Madrid System"
- Drafting the required translations;
- Replying to official notifications;
- Surveillance of trade marks in order to make sure that new trade marks do not infringe older rights to trade marks already registered;
- Renewal of trade marks (payment of official fees);
- Filing oppositions against identical and/or similar trade marks;
- Defending trade marks in cases of infringement or oppositions by third parties;