A Trademark is a symbol or word representing products or services offered by a company. If legally registered, the trademark protects the company’s goodwill and brand equity over its products or services.
NEW &
DISTINCTIVE
A trademark is new if no prior applicant has filed an identical or confusingly similar mark in the same trademark classification of the national trademark register of the country in which the protection is sought.
A trademark is also distinctive if it is not descriptive of nor in direct reference to the nature and character of the product or service to which the trademark is applied.
10 years from the date of application.
Indefinitely on payment of renewal fees every 10 years.
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