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Registration of trademark in Italy

The company “Law&Trust International” offers you to preliminarily think about protecting your intellectual property abroad.

We will provide recommendations concerning trademark registration in Italy, if you are tending to develop business in this country.

Trademark registration procedure in Italy

The Intellectual Property Office (or the National Patent Office) performs the registration procedure in 4 stages:

• reception of the application with the necessary materials; the foregoing should be compiled in Italian;

• examination of the trademark for its compliance with the laws of Italy. The Office does not fulfill search and comparison with another brands, and the similarity is the problem of the owner, so he is responsible if he uses the already registered designation, and he defends his rights himself if they are violated;

• decision on refusal or on registration;

• if the decision is positive, the description of the trademark is put on the register, and the applicant obtains the title of protection that the certificate. It is valid for 10 years, then it needs to be renewed. Both the first application and the renewal shall be paid by the state fee;

• the elements of trademark can be words, graphics, their combination, and the main thing is uniqueness and distinctive characteristics that will not mislead the user and will not violate the rights of other persons;

• the trademark enjoys legal protection in Italy, if it is registered in the territory and under the laws of this state.

Registration of trademark using services of Law & Trust International will take from 6 months to 1 year.

You can specify details and cost of the service with our lawyers in chat, by phone or during personal meeting.