Trademark Registration
Registration of rights to a name, logo, trade name.
Registration of rights is possible for a large number of other objects important for doing business. These are things like the name and logo of the company, the name of the product, the domain name of the website, the program code, various images, and video recordings.
The procedures, costs, and terms of registration in each state are different, but they also have some common features:
• Registration of trademarks and company names is carried out according to the so-called “classes of registration”. Classes of registration are some generalized areas of activity or industries in which the name and trademark will be unique. As a rule, there are several thousand classes and in each country they are different.
• The registration procedure is lengthy and consists of several stages. This is the selection of classes, checking the availability of a name or the presence of a similar logo, filing an application for registration, paying a state fee, and waiting for a response from a state body (up to a year), often with a negative answer.
Refusals to register can be justified both by errors in the preparation of the application and by the existence of already existing registrations of other companies with the same or similar names or logos. In the second case, the refusal is a consequence of the incompetence or dishonesty of the lawyers fulfilling the order.
In addition, it is necessary to take into account the peculiarities of the legislation of different states. As a rule, the registration of a trademark for a certain class of activity entails the obligation to start doing business in this class within a certain period and provide evidence of this.
To register a trademark, name, or logo of your organization, please contact our specialists.
