Trademark Registration in European Community

Trademark Registration in European Community

The CTM system consists of one single registration procedure which grants to its owner an exclusive right in the 27 Member States of the European Union, including: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden & United Kingdom.

A straightforward trademark registration will usually take approximately 18-24 months and the valid period of a registered trademark is 10 years.

Details required

To proceed the trademark application for registration in European Community, please provide us the following information:

A good legible copy of the mark emailed to us in .jpg file format
Applicant's name, address and nationality
A power of attorney simply signed with company chop by the applicant. (To be prepared by us upon receiving the above information) Please note that no legalization or notarization is required.
Detailed list of goods and/or services classified in accordance to the International Classification of goods and services (9th edition)

Search

We recommend to perform searches before application to prevent the risk of infringing other trademarks with the danger of oppositions filed after publication and a warning letter sent to the applicant by the elder trade mark owner after using the unsearched trademark in the European Community for the goods applied for.

Procedures for Trademark Registration

When we have received your application, we will issue (1) a confirmation letter which summarizes the details and specifications of the application for your final checking (2) the power of attorney for your execution and at the same time (3) our invoice.

Please confirm the application by signing on the letter and return to us by fax or email. The application will be filed within 14 working days of receiving the original of the power of attorney and the payment of our invoice, and we will report the filing with a copy of the official notice of filing in approximately 2 weeks.

There are 3 stages in the process of examining an application for registration:

examination of the application, which includes (a) according of filing date (b) formalities examination and (c) absolute ground examination.
publication of the application.
the procedure up to registration which may comprise opposition proceedings

If the trademark application has passed formality check and examination, the application has been preliminary approved and proceed to the three-month opposition period, when any person may file and opposition against the trademark. If there is no opposition to the trademark application, the whole registration process will complete in approximately 18-24 months.

Validity period of registration

Upon registration, a trademark will last for a period of 10 years dating back to the filing date and can be renewed indefinitely for successive periods of 10 years.

Convention Priority

If you have filed an application in another WTO or Paris Convention country within the last half year, then there is a choice of claiming a right to priority so that the application will be deemed to be filed on the same day as the correspondence application. The application filed should include the certified convention priority document (together with its certified English translation).

Please download application form here.

If you require more information, please contact us at:

Telephone : (852) 2384 2288

Fax : (852) 3011 3245

Email : info@ebrand.com.hk

Address : Unit 1501, Jubilee Centre, 46 Gloucester Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong.

Telephone	: (852) 2384 2288
Fax	: (852) 3011 3245
Email	: info@ebrand.com.hk
Address	: Unit 1501, Jubilee Centre, 46 Gloucester Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong.