Belgian trademark registration enterprises need to fill in the application for international registration with official seal in Chinese, and fill in the application for international registration with official seal or signature in foreign languages; Secondly, if an enterprise needs to provide a trademark pattern and entrust a trademark agency to handle it, it shall submit a trademark agency power of attorney. If you choose a single country to apply, the registration application materials that Belgian enterprises need to submit are the trademark and its description, the application form, the power of attorney signed by the applicant and the pre-application inquiry form. After the trademark application is submitted, the formal examination and substantive examination will only be carried out for absolute reasons. Formal examination mainly examines whether the application requirements and classified information meet the requirements, while substantive examination includes the examination of trademark distinctiveness, whether it violates the terms and whether it conflicts with the prior trademark. After approval, it will be published in the government gazette. The announcement period is 2 months, during which any interested party may raise objections. If there is no objection or the objection is untenable, the trademark shall be registered. The registration period of the exclusive right to use a trademark is ten years, and the registration period of each renewal is ten years.

Belgian trademark registration process

Submit an application → China Trademark Office accepts it →WIPO International Bureau accepts it → the competent authority examines it → announces it → issues a notice of approval and protection.