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Registration of trademark in Pakistan

Law&Trust offers the service of registration of trademark in Pakistan for clients. This step will give you the opportunity to start your business in the territory of this country, as well as protect products from unauthorized copying, that is counterfeiting.

Despite the fact that most of the businessmen prefer to expand their businesses towards Europe, Asia also has many advantages, due to which it is worth paying attention to its market.

Trademark in Pakistan is registered by the beneficial owner himself or his authorized representative, and our lawyer can act as the latter, who can easily take in the situation concerning all legal delays of the foreign state.

Procedure of registering a brand name in Pakistan

1. Legal entity applies to us with an request for registering trademark. You can leave request by phone or through the web form. In the second case, the lawyer will contact you at any time convenient for you. Since the jurisdiction has already been selected, the specialists of Law&Trust will have to clarify the details of your company and get permission to represent your interests when collecting the documentation.

2. Collection of documentation. After clarifying your scope of activities and the scale of the corporation, specific package of documents is determined, which should be collected and compiled in full. Representatives of the jurisdiction of Pakistan most often accept documents in local language, less often in English. Translation is carried out by our specialists, and lawyers of Law&Trust give legal force to the forms. When the package is collected, it is sent to the expert commission of Pakistan.

3. Examination. This stage is the longest one. The compliance of all documents, as well as the accuracy of their completion are verified. In addition, the trademark itself is also considered. It can include logos, mottos, even sounds, but they should not contradict the moral principles of Pakistan. Trademark should be created by the beneficial owner, but it is possible to clarify the rules of its creation with our specialists.

4. Issuance of trademark. In case of full compliance with all the requirements that are imposed on the company, documents, and logos, you become the owner of personal trademark. After that, you can start entrepreneurial activity in Pakistan.

Sometimes there is the stage of appeal between the stage of examination and issuance. It occurs if the expert commission has any objections to the logo or documents. In the foregoing case, the application is submitted again, and the right to obtain trademark can be challenged within 15 days.

Such situations occur quite often, but not with our participation, because the lawyers of Law&Trust thoroughly verify all the documents, so that the client will quickly obtain its trademark.