Some trademarks cannot be registered on absolute grounds. It's important that your trademark does not fall in any of the categories below in order to be registrable: your trademark does not function as a trademark, i.e. as a source indicator your trademark clearly descriptive of goods or services your trademark is generic and is merely [...]
If you simply business incorporate or register a corporate name, it doesn't mean that the government approved for you to use the name as a trademark. If we take a US LLC, as an example, every state has its own laws about business names. You can register your LLC name in Delaware but the business name registration [...]
A UK trademark only protects you in the UK, which consists of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. There is no protection outside of the UK. A UK trademark is filed in the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO). A trademark filed in the EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) is called an EU trademark (formerly known [...]
Trademarks Office in the EUÂ and the UK will not refuse your trademark if there is a prior filed or previously registered similar trademark. Instead the Trademarks Office in the EU and the UK only looks at absolute grounds (i.e. if the mark is deception or descriptive, it may be refused). However, if there is [...]
In the United Kingdom, no use is required in order to file an application. In fact, you don’t even need to specify any use dates. No use is required in order to obtain a trademark registration. To maintain your trademark, it must be put to use in the UK within 5 years of registration. If the [...]
It’s perfectly legal for you to use your trademark without registration. However, if you are using a trademark that is similar to another name that was adopted before you adopted your trademark, you may be liable for trademark infringement. To minimize the risk of choosing a trademark that's similar to another name, you should do [...]
In different countries trademark opposition process is different. In the US, trademark opposition period is only 30 days, so you have to be pretty fast if you plan to oppose. A trademark opposition in Brazil may be filed by an interested party within 60 days from the date of its publication. In Canada, Australia and [...]
If filing for a logo in the UK, one has to file the logo in a specific color unlike the US and Canada where filing in black and white covers all colors. Up to 6 color variations are allowed. You can include 2 color variations for free; the government fee for each extra variation is [...]
How to register a trademark in the UK? Step 1: Search Prior to filing a trademark search should be done. It can be ordered online on our website. Please contact us with your trademark and a list of goods and/or services of interest and we will do a free trademark search for you. Step 2: [...]
Here we rank the countries where we file from the fastest to the slowest. 1. Germany is the fastest country and overall champion. It takes 1-3 months, on average to register a trademark in Germany. With accelerated examination, most trademarks register within a month. So this is a clear champion in terms of speed. Sometimes [...]