any natural person or legal person can submit a registered trademark. A foreign applicant from a country that is not a member of the Paris Convention and has neither domicile nor business office in French territory must meet the following two conditions when submitting an application:
1. The country where the foreign applicant lives or has business office has a reciprocal treaty on trademark protection with France.
2. Its trademark has been filed or registered in the country where the foreign applicant lives or has a business office. A foreign applicant applying for trademark registration must entrust a local agent to handle it.
materials required for application
1. trademark design.
2. power of attorney signed by the applicant.
3. The applicant or agent signs the application form.
4. List of goods or services.
trademark application procedures
1. Submit an application
Prepare the required materials for applying for a trademark and submit the application to the French State Industrial Property Office
2. Review
Formal review (get the application number and application documents within 1-2 months)
Accept it within about two weeks after submitting the application. After the application is accepted, the Industrial Property Office conducts formal examination and substantive examination (substantive examination only examines absolute reasons), and the French Industrial Property Office refuses to register trademarks that violate the law or lack distinctiveness.
3. Announcement
After the trademark application is approved, if there is no reason for rejection, the trademark application will enter the announcement period, which lasts for 2 months, and anyone can raise an objection during this period.
4. Approved registration
If no objection is raised during the announcement period, or the objection is not supported, the trademark will be approved for registration.
Note: If anyone raises an objection during the objection period, the objection period is 2 months:
It takes about 4-9 months for the whole trademark application period (in the case of success)
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