What does Trademark registration mean?
Trademark registration means to start and to go through a procedure before appropriate national or regional Intellectual Property Office.
The registration process begins with the formal submission of an application. The Office checks whether the application meets absolute grounds, then it publishes the trademark application. The publication is followed by a period of several months, during which third parties can file an objection against the registration of the mark. If no objection is filed, the applicant is asked to pay the registration fee (in some countries) and registration certificate of the mark is issued.
There are multiple ways to start with registration of a Trademark which depend on:
- geographical scope of Trademark protection - Trademarks are teritorial rights, which means that the protection is always limited to a specific countries or regions (for example USA or Brasil as countries and European Union as a region) and
- Overall Intellectual Property Strategy you have
Registered Trademark offers several benefits to its owner. Check out the benefits of Trademark registration.