Trademark Registration

Trademark registration is necessary to ensure legal protection of your logo and brand recognition. Developing an individual logo and subsequently registering it as a trademark will help protect your brand from competitors. The logo can be presented in the form of a drawing, abbreviation, text, word, or a combination of several elements.

The trademark registration procedure includes:

1. determining the purpose of registration and the territory of legal protection
2. selection of goods (services) in relation to which the trademark will be applied
3. choice of international or national procedure
4. preparation and filing of the application (with the necessary documents attached) with the National Center for Intellectual Property

It is important to carefully approach the development of the logo and the individual features of the brand, since similarity of the logo to others may be one of the reasons for refusal of trademark registration. Therefore, before filing an application for registration, you should check whether there are similar trademarks.

The trademark registration procedure takes up to 2 years.

1. In practice, the registration period takes about 1 year from the date of filing the application. However, there is also the possibility of expediting the examination of the application