Register EU Trademark

EU trademark introduction

European Union countries such as Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Spain have recently introduced a trademark system applicable to all 25 European Union countries.

The European Union Trademark Office in Spain Alicante began accepting the EU trademark application in January 1, 1996.

EU trademark protection period is ten years, renewable, and each renewal period is ten years.

European Union trademark applicants are not limited to members of the EU Member States. Others such as the Paris Convention and the member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) can also apply.

EU Member States

The 25 European Union is the United Nations, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxemburg, Holland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Britain, Cyprus, Czech, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, and the Republic of the Republic of speech.

EU trademark characteristics

The EU trademark has the following characteristics:

1, low cost.

Registration is required only once in twenty-five member states of the European Union.

Compared with the application in each member country, the cost has been greatly reduced.

2, centralization of protection procedures.

A trademark registration can be protected by the 25 member states of the European Union, and the ruling on trademark cases will be implemented in all European Union countries.

3, registered trademarks can be used only in an EU country.

The use of trademark in any European Union is enough to combat the application for cancellation on the grounds of unused trademark.

4, enjoy the priority of the Paris convention.

The same trademark can be used for one or more designated commodities or service names, and may be granted priority when applying for a community trademark 6 months after the application of the member states of the Paris convention.

5. A registered trademark already published in a member state of the European Union may apply for priority when applying for the EU trademark.

6, not only can traditional trademarks such as words and signs be registered, but new trademarks such as voice, smell, product appearance and structure can also be applied for registration.

7, a trademark application can cover up to 3 categories of goods or services, more than 3 categories, each category of charges must be added.

Trademark retrieval

Because the EU trademark registration covers a large number of countries, potential trademark dissenters exist in large numbers.

Therefore, the company strongly recommends that the applicant carry out trademark search before filing the application for European trademark registration, so as to ascertain whether any trademark that is the same or too similar to the registered trademark has been registered by the third party and avoided unnecessary losses.

EU trademark registration procedure

The basic registration procedures for EU trademarks are as follows:

1. The applicant applies to the Trademark Office of the European Union or the Trademark Office of the European Union Member States.

2, the Trademark Office of the European Union will apply for notification to the trademark authorities of each member country for trademark inspection.

3, after the adoption of the review, it will be announced for three months.

During this period, third parties may raise various objections.

4, if there is no objection from the third party, the trademark shall be registered within one year.

5. It takes 18-24 months.

6. Successful application is valid for 10 years.

Materials required for application

The applicant will provide the following materials:

1, the name and address of the enterprise (Chinese and English);

2, international classification of goods / services, and the use of goods / services lists.

3. Photocopy of business license;

4, 5 copies of the trade mark, with clear requirements and good paper quality.

If it is a color trademark, 1 black and white manuscripts and 5 color copies should be submitted.

The specifications shall not be less than 5cm * 5cm, and the maximum shall not exceed 10cm * 20cm;

5, the power of attorney (provided by the company, but must be signed by the applicant).