News: Trademark registration in Greece

Registration of trademark in Greece

Registration usually takes 7-8 months. Greece is the member of the EU, where the laws on the use of trademarks are well thought out and there is no need to worry about protecting intellectual property rights.

Registration involves a lot of difficulties, so we suggest that you contact the specialists of Law&Trust.

The process and methods of registering a brand name in Greece

In order to register trademark in Greece, you can select one of three options:

• Registration in the national office of Greece. The foregoing shall be done in case it is used only there.
• Registration according to the Madrid system. Greece is the country that is party to the Madrid Protocol. One multi-application for the use of the trademark in several countries shall be submitted.
• Registration in accordance with the EU system. The application shall be submitted to the Office on Intellectual Property of the European Union. When the application is approved, the trademark can be used and will be protected throughout the EU.

First of all, there should be search of similar trademarks, and after that the necessary documents translated into English shall be submitted. Following the foregoing, the examination is carried out, the trademark is registered, and the certificate is issued.

Contact the lawyers of Law&Trust to avoid problems with registration. We will register trademark according to the required system, save your time and eliminate the need to understand the complexity of the procedure.