The Road to Trademark Registration

 
 
Filing  of Application   →
Prosecution  
           →
Publication
         →
Allowance
         →
Registration
·        AU/ITU
·        Goods and services
     description  
·        Dates of First Use
·        Specimen
·        Number of Inter-national classes
·        Office Action
·        Prosecutorial issues
·        Substantive rejections
·       Response and appeal options
·        Official Gazette
·        At least 30 days
·       Notice of opposition
·        If ITU, clock starts
      ticking to  
      convert
      application  
      to AU.
·        Formal certificate
·        Access to Federal Courts    to enforce
·        Lasts 5 years
·        Can renew between 5th and 6thyear.
·          Must renew again between 9th  and 10th                                         years, and every 10 years after that.
·          Approximate time from filing to registration: 18-24 months.
 
 
                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                        
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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