Trademark Registration Germany
We will process your trademark registration in Germany. The price includes our professional fees as well as all official fees for the registration and prosecution of the trademark without opposition.
Flat fee incl. official fees | Yes |
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Fee additional class | €120.00 |
Classes included | 3 |
Multiple classes possible | yes |
Protection Period (years) | 10 |
International Registration possible | Yes |
Power of Attorney must be notarized | No |
Legal Advice | Yes |
Process Duration (est. in months) | 1 |
Trademark Registration in Germany
With this assignment you can order a trademark registration in Germany. We will take care of everything that is necessary for the professional preparation of the trademark registration in Germany, submission of the trademark application in Germany and send the trademark certificate to you.
The price for trademark registration in Germany includes our professional fees as well as the official trademark office fees for the trademark registration in Germany without opposition.
The trademark registration order for Germany includes the following tasks:
First, we check whether the trademark being registered is entitled to protection in Germany (absolute grounds of refusal). Not all trademarks can be registered as trademarks. For instance, merely descriptive terms for the respective goods and services may not be registered as a trademark.
To avoid collisions between your trademark registration in Germany and older trademarks we recommend to conduct a trademark search in Germany which must be ordered separately.
We will e-mail you the prepared trademark registration documents for Germany for your approval and file it then.
Once the trademark was registered in Germany we send you the certificate.
Trademark Law in Germany
I. Application Procedure
processing time from first filing to registration is about 1 month, provided that no objections are raised
urgent examination possible, additional fee required
application process includes a formal examination and an examination of distinctiveness
order of process is: examination, registration, publication
II. Classification
Nice Classification
multi-class applications allowed
III. Opposition
opposition period is 3 months from the date of publication of the trademark registration
IV. Use requirements
trademark has to be used within 5 years from the date of registration or, if an opposition has been filed against the trademark, within 5 years from the end of the opposition proceedings
trademark may be subject to cancellation if not properly used for 5 consecutive years
V. Duration Period
10 years from date of application
VI. Renewal
renewable for periods of 10 years
grace period: 6 months from the expiration date of the mark
additional fees to be paid for renewal between the beginning of the 3rd and the end of the 6th month from the expiration of the mark