News: Trademark registration in Kosovo

Registration of trademark in Kosovo

Do you want to start financial activities in Kosovo and use your trademark there? In this case, the trademark should be mandatorily registered.

Registration of trademarks in Kosovo is complex and responsible process that requires not only legal knowledge, but also knowledge of local legislation.

The complexity consists in the fact that the Republic of Kosovo is a partially recognized state, separated from Serbia. There are specific relations with the EU, because the rules for general registration of trademarks for the EU member states do not apply in Kosovo.

It is necessary to register trademark for use in the territory of Kosovo. In order to prevent the process from delaying, we recommend you to contact our lawyers who will help you quickly and successfully register trademark in Kosovo.

Rules for registering a brand name in Kosovo

First of all, it is necessary to prepare the documents required for registration. Legal entity shall provide translated certificate. It is also needed to prepare the trademark itself.

It can be text (any sequence of symbols, including abbreviations), logo, and sound.

Trademark shall be provided exclusively in the form in which it will be used. After that, the application shall be submitted. The registration procedure takes up to 1 year.

During the abovementioned period:

• Similar trademarks are searched for in databases of the patent office.

• Application shall be considered and published.

• In the lack of problems with the application and the trademark, the registration process begins.

• The trademark is verified for compliance with all legislative norms of Kosovo.

• Registration can be considered successful when the patent registration authority provides permission for its use.

• Registration certificate is issued confirming your exclusive rights to use this trademark.

After that, your company can use the trademark for its financial activities in Kosovo. Upon creating unique trademark, there are no problems with its use.

In order to get rid of unnecessary problems with registration, translation of documents and interaction with the registration authority in Kosovo, contact the lawyers of Law & Trust.

We will immediately be engaged in the registration process and will successfully complete it within the time limits set.