News: Trademark registration in Malawi

Malawi: registration of trademarks

Lawyers of Law&Trust offer to register trademark in Malawi. This country is beneficial for business promotion and profit-making due to large number of population and low level of development of its own manufacturing sector.

It is possible to start entrepreneurial activity in Malawi immediately after obtaining permission, that is, registering trademark. The trademark advantageously emphasizes products or services against the background of other similar proposals, which increases the demand. Another function of trademark is legal protection of your brand from counterfeiting and plagiarism.

Trademark in Malawi should be presented in graphic form, and the designer can use any elements starting from simple symbols and figures up to three-dimensional images. You can not use elements of the emblems of other organizations, and registration of logos and mottos of extremist or immoral character is prohibited.

Registration can be refused if trademark confuses potential client or deliberately misleads him. Consult our lawyer in order to find out more details about the rules and regulations of layout of the company logo.

Process of registering a brand name in Malawi

Preparation for consideration

1. Selection of the procedure for registration.
2. Submission of documents required for registration. At the first stage, a copy of passport, an application for trademark registration in Malawi, and a power of attorney will be necessary.
3. Collection of the documentation in tax, private and public authorities.
4. Verification of the accuracy of filling and compiling the forms, translation of all documents into English with subsequent certification and sending.
5. Reconciliation of the logo with the already existing trademarks, verification of its compliance with the regulations of Malawi.
6. Examination of the documentation.
7. Issue of permission for entrepreneurial activity to the owner of trademark.

Consideration

The application can be submitted according to two procedures. The national one implies registration, operation and legal protection within the borders of Malawi. The regional APIRO system includes 17 more states besides this country, when registering trademark through this intellectual property protection commission, the client obtains the right to expand business to all 18 regions of Africa, including Malawi.

Our specialists thoroughly understand the foregoing procedures, which accelerates the collection of documents and their preparation as much as possible.

Consideration may take about one year, the term of validity of the issued trademark is 10 years. If the owner does not use the brand for five years, the trademark may be canceled.