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21 and submit the application deadline is objection?
Answer: application for dissent in European trademark to apply for announcements submitted within three months. Official announcement day in the trademark is index note on the cover of the announcement date. Application for dissent and objection period in charge of industrial property after the objection.
22, a European trademark registration, the trademark with the trademark is registered members of the preventive measures, and as approximate can trademark in the announcement before objection?
A: no. The CTMR stipulated in the deadline for submission of the announcement of trademarks, within 3 months. If not abide by the deadline for submission of objection, invalid.
23, what are the strengths and weaknesses of the trademark registration?
Answer: the registration of a trademark shall apply for registration of the trademark advantages: low costs, such as obtaining approval, the application for registration of the trademark in 27 countries. The registration of a trademark disadvantages: 27 countries, because the probability of nuclear barge brand relative to improve. The trademark registration introduction of Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and other European countries recently begun in eu countries all 15 of the trademark system. In Spain the eu Alicante office in January 1996 1 accepts the trademark application. The trademark protection for years, renewal, each renewal term for ten years. The trademark applicant is not limited to the eu member nations, such as the Paris convention ", "the world intellectual property organization (WIPO), member of the national may also apply. European Union trademarks trademark has characteristics of the following features:
(1) the cost is low. Only once, can apply for registration in the eu member states use the trademarks of fifteen. Each member in respectively using application fee, greatly reduced,
(2) protection program centralization. A trademark registration can obtain the 15 European Union member states of the trademark protection, in the case of the ruling will get all the countries,
(3) is a registered trademark may only in a European country. Trademark in the use of any country is enough to fight with the trademark revoked by the application,
(4) enjoy priority in Paris convention. The same trademark for one or more designated goods or services name in Paris, member of the convention 6 months after the application for trademark, community has priority,
(5) are already in a eu member states in the registered trademark, released for European trademark, can request priority.
(6) not only words, logo, etc, and can obtain traditional trademark registration sounds, smells, product appearance and structure, etc, also can apply for new trademark registration,
(7) a trademark for maximum covers three kinds of commodities or services, more than 3 classes, each additional fees.
The trademark registration procedures of the trademark registration procedures basic written as follows:
1 applicant to the trademark office or trademark office for eu,
2 the eu member states will notify the application to the competent authority for trademark, the trademark review world,
3 after the examination, the announcement for three months. During the third party can put forward various objections,
4 if no objections, third party for trademark registration in a year.
5 for 12-15 months due to the eu registered trademarks trademark retrieval in many countries, the covers of the potential of trademark opposition people. Therefore, the company to recommend the applicant in Europe, an application for registration of the trademark, the trademark retrieval before fitting to determine whether a registered trademark identical with or similar to the trademark is registered, the party has been and avoid unnecessary loss.
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