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COUNTRY SPECIFIC TRADEMARK REQUIREMENTS

  • Trademark organization: United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
  • Statuses: Live registration issued and active in the principal register or live application in the principal register. Brand Registry is also accepting brands that have a trademark pending registration.
  • Text-based marks: 1 - Typeset Word(s)/ Letter(s)/ Number(s); 4 - Standard Character Mark
  • Image-based marks: 3 - An Illustration Drawing which includes Word(s)/Letter(s)/ Number(s); 5 - Words, Letters, or Numbers in a Stylized Form
  • Trademark organization: Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO)
  • Statuses: Trademark must be registered or pending.
  • Text-based marks: Word Mark
  • Image-based marks: Design Mark
  • Trademark organization: Marcas Instituto Mexicano de Propiedad Industrial (IMPI)
  • Statuses: Trademark must be registered or pending.
  • Text-based marks: Nominativa
  • Image-based marks: Mixta; Nominativa + Innominada o Diseño; Innominada o Diseño
  • Trademark organization: Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial (INPI)
  • Statuses: Trademark must be registered or pending.
  • Text-based marks: Nominativa
  • Image-based marks: Mista contendo elementos nominativos
  • Trademark organization: UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO)
  • Statutes: Registered, examination, pre-publication or application published. Brand Registry is also accepting brands that have a trademark pending registration.
  • Text-based marks: Figurative Mark
  • Image-based marks: Design Mark

    • You can also use the EUIPO

    • Trademark organization: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
    • Statutes: Registered, registration pending, application published or application under examination.
    • Text-based marks: Word Mark
    • Image-based marks: Figurative Mark; Figurative Mark with Word Elements
  • Trademark organization: Deutsches Patent und Markenamt (DPMA)
  • Statutes: Trademark is registered or application received. Brand Registry is also accepting brands that have a trademark pending registration.
  • Text-based marks: Wortmarke
  • Image-based marks: Wort-Bildmarke

    • You can also use the EUIPO

    • Trademark organization: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
    • Statutes: Registered, registration pending, application published or application under examination.
    • Text-based marks: Word Mark
    • Image-based marks: Figurative Mark; Figurative Mark with Word Elements
  • Trademark organization: Institut national de la propriété industrielle (INPI)
  • Statutes: Trademark must be registered. Brand Registry is also accepting brands that have a trademark pending registration.
  • Text-based marks: Marque verbale
  • Image-based marks: Marque figurative

    • You can also use the EUIPO

    • Trademark organization: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
    • Statutes: Registered, registration pending, application published or application under examination.
    • Text-based marks: Word Mark
    • Image-based marks: Figurative Mark; Figurative Mark with Word Elements
  • Trademark organization: Ufficio Italiano Brevetti e Marchi (UIBM)
  • Statutes: Trademark must be registered. Brand Registry is also accepting brands that have a trademark pending registration.
  • Text-based marks: Marchio verbali
  • Image-based marks: Marchio figurativi; Marchio figurativi a colori

    • You can also use the EUIPO

    • Trademark organization: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
    • Statutes: Registered, registration pending, application published or application under examination.
    • Text-based marks: Word Mark
    • Image-based marks: Figurative Mark; Figurative Mark with Word Elements
  • Trademark organization: Oficina Española de Patentes y Marcas (OEPM)
  • Statutes: Trademark must be registered. Brand Registry is also accepting brands that have a trademark pending registration.
  • Text-based marks: Marca denominative
  • Image-based marks: Mixta - Denominativo con gráfico

    • You can also use the EUIPO

    • Trademark organization: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
    • Statutes: Registered, registration pending, application published or application under examination.
    • Text-based marks: Word Mark
    • Image-based marks: Figurative Mark; Figurative Mark with Word Elements
  • Trademark organization: BOIP – Benelux Office for Intellectual Property
  • Statuses: Trademark must be registered or pending.
  • Text-based marks: Word Mark
  • Image-based marks: Figurative Mark

    • You can also use the EUIPO

    • Trademark organization: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
    • Statutes: Registered, registration pending, application published or application under examination.
    • Text-based marks: Word Mark
    • Image-based marks: Figurative Mark; Figurative Mark with Word Elements
  • Trademark organization: Japan Patent Office
  • Statuses: Trademark must be registered or pending.
  • Text-based marks: Word Mark (文字商標)
  • Image-based marks: Figurative Mark with Word Elements; Stylized Characters / Combined (結合商標)
  • Trademark organization: Controller General of Patents Designs & Trade marks
  • Statuses: Registered, send to Vienna codification, new application, formalities chk pass, marked for exam, objected, exam report issued, adv. before accepted, accepted and advertised, opposed. Brand Registry is also accepting brands that have a trademark pending registration.
  • Text-based marks: Word Mark
  • Image-based marks: Device / Combined
  • Trademark organization: Turkish Patent Institute
  • Statuses: Trademark must be registered or pending.
  • Text-based marks: Word Mark
  • Image-based marks: Device / Combined
  • Trademark organization: Intellectual Property Office of Singapore
  • Statuses: Trademark must be registered or pending.
  • Text-based marks: Word Mark
  • Image-based marks: Design Mark
  • Trademark organization: IP Australia
  • Statuses: Trademark must be registered or pending.
  • Text-based marks: Word
  • Image-based marks: Device; Word, Device; Fancy
  • Trademark organization: BOIP – Benelux Office for Intellectual Property
  • Statuses: Trademark must be registered or pending.
  • Text-based marks: Word Mark
  • Image-based marks: Design Mark
  • Trademark organization: The Swedish Patent and Registration Office - PRV
  • Statuses: Trademark must be registered or pending.
  • Text-based marks: Word Mark
  • Image-based marks: Figurative Mark
  • Trademark organization: PL PTO - The Patent Office of the Republic of Poland - UPRP / PL PTO - Urząd Patentowy Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej - UPRP (polish)
  • Statuses: Trademark must be registered or pending.
  • Text-based marks: Word Mark / Slowny (Polish)
  • Image-based marks: Figurative Mark / Slowny-Graficzny (Polish)
  • Trademark organization: Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property (SAIP)
  • Statuses: Trademark must be registered or pending.
  • Text-based marks: Word Only
  • Image-based marks: Word and Design
  • Trademark organization: Trademarks and Industrial Designs Office
  • Statuses: Trademark must have a live registration issued and active on the trademark register. Brand Registry is also accepting brands that have a trademark pending registration.
  • Text-based marks: Typeset Words/Letters/Numbers
  • Image-based marks: An illustration drawing or symbol, which may include Words/Letters/Numbers, or stylized Words/Letters/Numbers
  • Trademark organization: United Arab Emirates Ministry of Economy Trademark Department
  • Statuses: Trademark must be registered or pending.
  • Text-based marks: Word Mark
  • Image-based marks: Design Mark; Design Mark with Word Elements; Stylised Word Marks
  • Please note that we are currently only accepting UAE trademarks where the text in the trademark is represented in standard English characters.