News: Trademark registration in Papua - New Guinea

New Guinea: registration of trademarks

New Guinea is the liaison between Australia and the countries of Asia, due to which there is a large flow of people who can benefit you and your business. It is impossible to open business in the state without registered trademark.

Citizen of any country in the world can obtain trademark, and it can be both natural and legal person. Businessmen who already have the IP or the LLC in their country of residence and are going to expand further will be able to transfer their company immediately after obtaining the trademark.

It is possible to register trademark in the representative office of New Guinea or using services of Law&Trust. Cooperation with us is possible from anywhere in every country, which saves you time. Lawyers of Law&Trust provide a full set of services for registration of trademark in New Guinea starting from the first consultation up to the issuance of permission. However, there are several important stages of our activity between the above two stages.

Process of registering a brand name in New Guinea

1. Application of the client. You can contact us by mail, phone and other means of communication. The interface has Russian and English languages.

2. Verification of the trademark for compliance with the legislation of New Guinea. Pictures, songs, surnames, mottos, etc. can be registered as trademark in New Guinea. The trademark should not contain immoral or provocative elements, should not confuse customers or mislead them.

3. Collection of documentation. You need to provide color and accurate scan of your passport, power of attorney for our lawyer and signed application for registration of trademark in New Guinea. The power of attorney is necessary only for the purpose of representing your interests in state authorities when requesting other documents and statements.

4. Preparation of documentation. Our lawyer verifies the documents for correctness of filling, the presence of seals, etc. Subsequently, all forms are translated into the language of representative office of New Guinea and certified with the signature and seal of the notary.

5. Consideration of the application. The expert commission conducts verification of the package of documents and the trademark for compliance with the regulations of the country. The verification takes about 1 year.

6. Issuance of permission. Our lawyer will inform you about the terms of the transfer of trademark, after receiving the form you can officially and legally open business in New Guinea.