1, trademark inquiry
The applicant conducts trademark inquiry in Seychelles Trademark Office to ensure the possibility of trademark registration in Seychelles and improve the pass rate of trademark registration application in Seychelles.
2. Trademark application
The applicant shall submit the corresponding materials in accordance with the documents officially compiled by the Seychelles Trademark Office.
3, trademark form review
The applicant submits the trademark application documents to the Seychelles Trademark Office, and the trademark registrar will review the legality of the submitted application documents, trademark drawings, power of attorney and other documents; The trademark that has passed the examination will be awarded the application date and application number.
4. Examination of the essence of the trademark
According to Seychelles law, the Trademark Registrar will examine whether a trademark is registrable, whether it is the same as or similar to a previously registered trademark, and whether it violates the prohibition clause of the Trademark Law. For a trademark that fails the substantive examination, the Trademark Registrar will notify the applicant in writing and inform the applicant of the reasons for rejection. The applicant may file a reexamination within the time limit from the date of receiving the notice of rejection, otherwise it will be deemed as abandoning the trademark application, and the application date and application number will not be retained.
5. Trademark announcement
After examination, the trademark registrar thought that the trademark application could be registered, so he announced the trademark in the official announcement of Seychelles shares, which became the trademark objection period from the date of announcement.
6. Examination and approval of trademark registration
A trademark that can be registered after an objection ruling, or a trademark that has been announced without objection, shall be approved for registration and a trademark registration certificate shall be issued.