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Trademark applications are completed and submitted to the trademark office along with the required d...

When applying for trademark registration, certain official documents need to be submitted to the loc...

Most countries use the latest version of the nice classification; however, some countries still use...

Besides being too expensive to register a trademark on all classes to remain effective, a registered...

Choosing a class depends on the services and products the trademark will be associated with. There a...

When registering a trademark in a jurisdiction signatory to the Paris Convention, an applicant can “...

To claim priority in trademark registration, you need to establish a priority date by showing that y...

An applicant is a company or individual applying to register a mark. The applicant's name and addres...

When filing for a trademark, whether for an individual or a company, the address that should be used...

When filing a trademark, the application will ask you to include a description. If the mark is compo...

Generally speaking, using a hyphen or a number in a trademark does not increase or decrease the valu...

International registration allows trademark owners to register their trademarks with a single, unifo...

A trademark should be registered where it is intended to sell services/products. A person seeking to...

The validity of a trademark registration depends on the country. In most countries, trademark regist...

A violation of a trademark's exclusive rights without the permission of the trademark owner or any l...

Trademark disputes are all types of quarrels, whether in court, at the trademark office, or privatel...

After filing, a trademark is examined by the trademark office and a decision is issued regarding whe...

One of the most beneficial rights associated with trademark rights is the fact that trademark rights...

The renewal application should be filed within the last year of the valid protection period or the l...

A trademark assignment application and related fees should be submitted to the trademark office. Onc...

A trademark filing number is a number assigned by the trademark office to the trademark application...

A trademark registration number is the number the trademark office gives to the trademark upon issua...

In some countries, the filing number is different from the registration number. However, most countr...

The filing date of the trademark is the date the trademark was submitted to the Trademark Office for...

The registered trademark is protected from the date of filing. However, as trademarks are jurisdicti...

The publication date is the date of a trademark published in the official gazette to inform third pa...

In most countries, trademarks are published in the Official Gazette to provide anyone who believes t...

A trademark publication period depends on the jurisdiction and usually ranges between 1 to 4 months...

When a trademark application is filed with the related authority, the trademark is usually examined...

If a trademark is distinctive, unique, has not been registered before by any other party, and is in...

A conditional acceptance is when a trademark is accepted under certain conditions provided by the Tr...

A trademark office may request an applicant to disclaim certain rights relating to a trademark, espe...

In some Arabic countries, local trademark examiners request that an applicant associate marks that a...

When filing to register a trademark, the Trademark Office examines your application, in that process...

When filing to register a trademark, the Trademark Office examines your application. In that process...

During the trademark publication period, any interested party may oppose the registration of the tra...

As trademark registrations have finite durations, before the expiration of the trademark registratio...

Trademark renewal is done during the last year of protection. In some countries, a grace period is p...

A trademark is abandoned if; -Not all formal requirements and deadlines have been met (such as the u...

The assignment of a trademark is when the ownership of the mark is transferred from one company or i...

An assignor of trademark rights is a person/legal entity that transfers the rights of a trademark to...

An assignee of trademark rights is a person/legal entity to which a right to use a trademark registr...

To enforce trademark rights, applicant details should be updated. Therefore, it is advisable to main...

Trademarks rights are jurisdictional rights afforded through the process of registering a trademark....

Trademark rights are jurisdictional rights afforded through the process of registering a trademark l...

Using a trademark within the past three to five years is required to maintain and enforce trademark...

Cancellation of a trademark means that the trademark passed through all the phases, was registered t...

WIPO is the world intellectual property Organization, a self-funding agency of the United Nations wi...

A trademark is considered an intangible asset that can be amortized if the trademark was purchased t...

No trademark registrations in the UAE are federal registrations that cover all seven emirates in the...