Trademark protection with a patent attorney
If you want to protect the name of your company, the name of a product, or the signet used in your company, a trademark will be the ideal form of protection. A trademark is used to designate the goods and services offered by your company.
By the definition presented in the Act of June 30, 2000. Industrial property law: a trademark may be any sign enabling the goods of one enterprise to be distinguished from those of another enterprise and capable of being presented in the register of trademarks in a manner enabling the determination of a clear and precise subject of protection granted. A trademark may be, in particular, a word, including a name, a drawing, a letter, a number, a color, a spatial form, including the shape of the goods or packaging, as well as a sound..[1]
A registered trademark is a kind of privilege of a company allowing the exclusive right to use the mark in relation to registered goods and services. Registration of a trademark allows you to place the symbol ® next to it, denoting a protected trademark.
If you want to protect your logo, company name, product or service name, please contact our office. Our patent attorneys are here to help you with every issue related to the protection of your trademark, from advising on the possibility of protecting a given name/graphic, selecting a territory, developing a list of goods and services, monitoring fees, to advising on protecting your rights and trademark infringements by others. entities. Our spokespeople will support you in the process of building your brand
[1] ACT of June 30, 2000, Industrial Property Law (Journal of Laws of 2001, No. 49, item 508)
Implementation of trademark protection in our patent office
Remember that even though we come from Rzeszów, we operate globally. We cooperate with clients from all over Poland and also serve foreign clients. The work mainly takes place online.
- Trademark registration inquiry
When sending us an inquiry regarding a trademark application, we will provide all information regarding the costs of filing, determining the territory of protection, as well as the form of protection of the selected name.
- Preliminary examination of the registrability of a trademark
Before filing a trademark application, we recommend that you conduct research to determine whether your trademark (or a similar one) has been previously filed by another entity, thus avoiding the risk of opposition to your registration.
- A dedicated list of goods and services for your trademark
After positive tests, we prepare a list of goods and services for the trademark and consult its content before filing.
- Trademark application
After accepting the list of goods and services and receiving the power of attorney, we file a trademark application in the territory of your choice.
- Payment of official fees for the trademark
Together with the application documentation, we provide full instructions on paying official fees so that you do not fall victim to fraudsters impersonating the Patent Office.
- Trademark registration
Depending on the selected territory, trademark registration in each office is different – we will be happy to explain everything to you as part of our cooperation.
What happens after registering a trademark? – PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS
Our office provides services for trademarks, including registered ones. They concern reminders about the approaching end of the protection period and trademark monitoring.
Trademark protection lasts 10 years from the date of filing the trademark application for protection with the selected office and appropriate official fees must be paid before the end of this period. Our office provides reminder services about the expiring protection period, so that the mark remains in force for not In turn, the trademark monitoring service will allow you to fully control new, registered trademarks that may infringe your registered trademark.
Frequently asked questions about trademark protection
To register your trademark, we need:
- Name of the Applicant (first name, last name, address; company name, address, Tax Identification Number);
- Name of the trademark and/or its graphic representation (.jpg, .pdf);
- Territory of protection (EU / PL / other country or region);
- General information for developing a list of goods and services;
- Decision regarding the service of researching the registrability of your trademark;
Based on the above information, we will provide:
- Agreement, order and power of attorney;
- Developed list of goods and services;
- Research results;
- Application documentation.
In such a situation, you should most often file each version of the trademark as a separate trademark. Alternatively, to optimize costs, choose the most frequently used version.
Unfortunately, in such a situation, a new trademark must be filed. New goods and services cannot be added to the list of goods and services after the trademark has been filed, but they can be removed.
A trademark is protected in the territory where it was filed for protection, and so, for example, registration in the Polish Patent Office means protection only and exclusively in Poland, protection in the EUIPO office means protection in the European Union, protection in the Chinese Patent Office means protection only in China, etc.
If you want to file a trademark in several countries, we invite you to consult our patent attorneys, who will advise you on the territorial protection of your trademark and devise the best protection strategy.
An international trademark is a mark filed in a selected territory/national Patent Office through the international office of WIPO. An international trademark does NOT imply worldwide protection.
Registration capacity research is the most important stage of the whole process - so yes! Our office conducts research in patent databases, these are not searches "on the Internet". Your research in google.pl and our searches in databases complement each other.
The entire trademark application is divided into several stages:
-- Application documentation preparation stage:
- Conducting registration capacity tests by our office usually takes up to 3 business days,
- Preparation of application documentation and submission of the list of goods and services usually takes up to 3 business days,
- Application of the trademark after acceptance of the list of goods and services usually takes up to 1 business day.
-- Office examination stage /”smooth procedure”/:
- The time for payment of official fees for trademark application is one month from the date of trademark application,
- Publication of the mark lasts up to two weeks,
- The opposition period lasts 3 months,
- Issuance of a decision by the Polish Patent Office, approximately 2 weeks after the end of the opposition period,
- The time for payment of official fees for trademark registration in the Polish Patent Office is three months from the date of the decision,
- Issuance of a certificate is approximately 2 months.
The entire trademark application is divided into several stages:
-- Application documentation preparation stage:
- Conducting registration capacity tests by our office usually takes up to 5 business days,
- Preparation of application documentation and submission of the list of goods and services usually takes up to 3 business days,
- Application of the trademark after acceptance of the list of goods and services usually takes up to 1 business day.
-- Office examination stage /”smooth procedure”/:
- The time for payment of official fees for trademark application is one month from the date of trademark application,
- Publication of the mark takes several days,
- The opposition period lasts 3 months,
- The EUIPO Alicante Office issues a certificate within 2 weeks after the end of the opposition period.
At any time, you can submit an appropriate request to change the Owner's data, and we can help you with this. At your request, we will also prepare a trademark sale agreement, which should be submitted to the appropriate office together with the request. Remember that each office should always have your current data!
