The Republic of Panama, referred to as Panama. It is a country in southern Central America with a total area of ??75,517 square kilometers and its capital is Panama City. Panama stipulates that the acquisition of trademark rights is based on the registration principle. In Panama, you can apply for registration of product trademarks, service marks and collective marks. Panama uses the International Classification of Goods and Services. The applicant’s Chinese and English name and address, as well as a copy of the applicant’s application documents or business license.
Category and name of protected goods/services; trademark design; signing of authorization letter; public certification of authorization letter. After passing the trademark examination, the applicant will be notified that the trademark application has been accepted and announced in the trademark announcement. Anyone can raise objections, explain the reasons and submit relevant evidence within the 3-month announcement period. Trademarks that can be registered after the objection is determined, or trademarks that have no objection after being announced, will be allowed to be registered and a registration certificate will be issued. The entire application has been successfully completed and will take approximately 6-12 months.
The formal review mainly examines whether the application conditions and confidential information comply with the regulations; the substantive review includes a review of the significance of the trademark, whether it violates prohibition clauses, and whether it conflicts with the original trademark. If the examination fails, a rejection notice will be issued and the applicant will be required to respond within the period specified in the rejection notice. If the substantive review is passed, an announcement will be scheduled. If there is no objection or the objection is not established during the announcement period, registration may be granted and a registration certificate will be issued. Under normal circumstances, trademark registration in Panama currently takes about a year; if there is any objection or rejection, the time will be greatly extended to 2 to 3 years.
Panama *** has a total population of 4.07 million. It has developed its financial industry and re-export trade and plays an important role in the economy. Panama began using the U.S. dollar as its currency. It is the first country in the world besides the United States to use the U.S. dollar as its legal currency. It is the first country in the world besides the United States to use the U.S. dollar as its legal currency. It is recommended that applicants entrust a professional trademark agency to complete the Panama trademark registration as soon as possible.