How to check a trademark
Video: How to do a registered trademark search with the WIPO Global Brand Database 2024, July
Quite often, it happens that one hundred percent copyright trademark created by an entrepreneur or specialists hired by him is already in the databases of Rospatent. But
as property of a completely different organization.
Instruction manual
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Before submitting the final package of documents for registration of a trademark, check it for similarity and identity with those already registered or awaiting registration with Rospatent. This procedure is necessary so that you can find out in time if your trademark (or a similar one) is in the database of this organization.
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If your trademark is already registered, then you will receive a refusal to register your designation and obtain rights to it. Please note: if you used a trademark similar to yours owned by another owner in your business, this may become the basis for applying various sanctions against you. So, for example, you will have to reimburse all losses associated with unauthorized possession and use of a third-party trademark.
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However, the verification of a trademark may also be preliminary (that is, before submitting all other documents for its registration). To do this, apply for a preliminary check with Rospatent and pay for the services of this department. Such verification is carried out in a period of 7 to 14 days (depending on the urgency and cost of the order) together with FIPS.
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Place an order for preliminary verification of your trademark, deposit the established amount to the account of Rospatent. At the end of the verification period, you will be presented with a report on your trademark. If such a mark is already in the databases of Rospatent, then for an additional fee the specialists of this department will cancel it, if it is already in the documents of your organization, but has not yet been put into operation.
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Be careful: numerous companies whose addresses you can find on the Internet or offline may offer you to check in a shorter time frame (sometimes even within 1 day), but their databases either contain incomplete information on trademarks (excluding marks waiting for registration), or do not exist at all.
