Industrial Property Office

TRADEMARK REGISTRATION

Trademark is a sign consisted of words, letters, numbers, drawing or the form of the product serving to dis tinguish the goods.

The application for registration of the trademark in the Register can be filed by any natural or legal person, carrying out the permitted economic activity, for the products and/or services, being the subject to its activity. The Industrial Property Office shall execute formal examination, if all the requirements demanded by the Law are included in application and then also substantive examination to find out, whether the filed subjectmatter is not the kind of marking, unregistrable in the Register. By unregistrable we mean for instance when it is identical with some previously registered trademark, or the marking, that is deceptive or false, the use of the state flag, official geographical names et cet. There is fully automated system of trademark procedure and the search system in accordance with any criteria (for instance according to the wording of the trademark, sort, figurative classifieation, owner and also products and services classes). There are records of all trademarks filed via national procedure and also of entire international registrations.

When recorded in the Register the trademark owner acquires the exclusive right to use the given trademark. The registration is valid 10 years, but this term can be extended all the time by the owner filing the application for registration renewal against payment of the fee.


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