Registering your trademark in the 28 member states of the European Union with a single application is possible. This registration favors the protection of your trademark image throughout the European Union for 10 renewable years.
Some things to consider before applying for your EU trademark are:
1. Types of Trademarks
2. Products or services for which I want to use my trademark (Nice Classification)
3. What happens once I have requested my trademark online at Singular TM?
There are several types of trademarks that you can apply for depending on your needs:
Proper or invented names, pseudonyms, figures, or letters, without graphics nor special typography.
symbols, logos, drawings and any other graphic representation. Also, the combination of graphics with words falls within this category.
All of those that include a 3D shape, including containers, packaging, products, and overall appearance.
It is about the specific way in which the trademark is placed, or the way in which it appears on the product. It shall be represented by a duplication that identifies the position, size or amount, in relation to the product.
Exclusively composed of periodically repeated elements. It is represented by a representation of such pattern.
It protects a color, or combination of colors. The trademark shall be represented by any generally-known reference code, and a reproduction of the color.
A sound can be registered as a corporate trademark (audio-logos, corporate songs, etc.).
A movement or specific change in the position of the element within the corporate identity or product, as long as it can be represented through a video file or a series of images.
Trademarks that combine image and sound and that can be presented through an audiovisual file.
Holographic features can also be protected by means of a graphic or photographic reproduction that enables the hologram to be identified correctly.
Depending on the type of product or service that your trademark represents, it may be included in one of the classes within the Nice Classification.
In order to know in which class or classes to register your trademark, you will have to take into account the type of product or service it represents, as well as your commercial strategy.
Once your application has been processed, your trademark will be published by the European Union Intellectual Property Office, where they will assess whether it meets the requirements to be a registered trademark.
In addition, other people may object to your application for a period of three months. It is important to seek advice during this term by experts who can defend you from possible oppositions, ensuring that your trademark is finally granted.
Once the trademark has been granted, the certificate will be sent by e-mail. Remember that the registration validity is for ten years, although once it has elapsed you will be able to request its renewal for another ten years and so on.
Now that you are a trademark owner, we offer our additional monitoring service to keep you informed of any new published trademark that may be a threat to your business.
