EU Trademarks – Country Index Quick Check

Classification

Nice, 13th ed.

Filing

multi-class

Local Agent

No

for EU /EEA applicants

POA

No

Official Examination

formal, absolute grounds

prior-mark search & note to proprietors

Opposition Period

3 months

from publication date of application

Use Requirements

5 yrs

from registration

Priority

first-to-file

Duration

10 yrs

from application date

Maintenance

none

Non-Traditional TMs

3-D, colours, sounds, position, pattern, multimedia, motion, holograms

GRR

No

Remarks

use in one EU country not necessarily suffices to constitute genuine use; lapse of graphical representation requirement as of Oct 1, 2017

Agreements

EU; Madrid System