1. General application process and required time
(1) submission stage (receipt will be issued within 1-3 days)
After submission, you can immediately obtain an acceptance notice containing information such as the application number from the EU Intellectual Property Office.
(2) Review period (3-6 months)
According to the EU Trademark Law, after receiving the application, the EU Intellectual Property Office only conducts an absolute reason review, mainly to examine whether the trademark is significant or not and whether it violates the prohibition clause. The trademark application will not be rejected because the trademark is the same as or similar to the previous application. This is mainly left to the prior obligee to decide whether to object to this EU application.
(3) Announcement/Objection Stage (3 months)
If no problems are found in the examination or the problems found have been corrected, the trademark application shall be announced. Within three months after the announcement, any interested party or prior obligee may raise an objection to the EU Intellectual Property Office.
(4) Registration stage
If there is no objection or no objection is established within the period of EU trademark announcement, the EU Intellectual Property Office will arrange a registration announcement and issue a registration certificate. It should be noted that at present, the EU Intellectual Property Office only issues electronic registration certificates.
2. Problems that should be paid attention to after trademark registration
The validity period of the declaration of continued use of the trademark submitted is 10 years after the registration of the EU trademark, and the validity period is calculated from the application date; The fee can be renewed within 6 months before the expiration, with a grace period of 6 months; The renewal period is 10 year.