News: Registration of trademark in Guatemala

Registration of trademark in Guatemala: stages and cost

Guatemala is not one of the countries which are parties to the Madrid Agreement and the Protocol, which means that only the national procedure for registration of trademarks is possible in the state. There are four provisions for registration of trademark, which should be taken into account when submitting an application, and they are the following:

1. Entrepreneurs conducting activity in the territory of any of the countries under American jurisdiction submit applications according to the right of commercial use.
2. Businessmen of the countries-participants of the Paris Convention can use foreign application. This union for the protection of intellectual property includes 174 countries around the world, which is why this procedure is most often used.
3. If entrepreneur has company registered in any other state, he should apply for trademark registration under the system of foreign registration.
4. Moreover, all natural persons and businessmen, whose corporations do not have branches in the territories of the countries of the two American continents, have the right to apply for the "intention-to-use" provision.

It is possible to clarify how to register trademark in Guatemala for a short period of time during consultation with the lawyer from Law&Trust. We provide legal support for the entire process, and the specialists collect the documentation package, prepare it for sending to the representatives of the Guatemalan expert commission, and track the stages of the application consideration as well as inform the client about the essential details of the process.

Guatemala: cost of registering a brand name

The price for service depends on the time of the lawyer's work and the difficulties that arise in the course of work. The specialist is required to perform the following tasks:

1. Preliminary examination of the logo of trademark for compliance with the state regulations of Guatemala. In order for the emblem to be accepted and registered according to all rules, it should not include calls for extremism and offenses, include segments of immoral nature, consist of names or designations of popular figures or firms. It is forbidden to place the state symbols of the United States of America on the emblem.
2. Collection of the full register of documents starting from the applicant's passport up to the statement of the turnover of the corporation and the data on turnover from its accounting department. The collection is carried out on the basis of power of attorney which the counterparty provides to the specialist of Law&Trust along with the application form and the copy of his passport.
3. Preparation of the package of official documents for consideration by the Guatemalan expert commission, namely: translation of the forms into Spanish, verification of the forms concerning legal inconsistencies, and certification of each copy with seal and signature.

The issue is made one year after the filing of the documentation package for consideration. The validity of the permission for entrepreneurial activity is 10 years. In order to renew the permission for TM, it is necessary to pay fee and make application with check for payment to the Guatemalan representation office.