How to patent a logo

In today's market, one of the fundamental levers of its regulation is competition. It is thanks to competition that the optimal price-quality ratio is formed for each consumer category. Competition is the main headache of the seller and manufacturer. To be the best, enterprises spend huge resources on analysis and optimization.

Instruction manual

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When a grateful consumer agrees to purchase this particular product at precisely this price from this particular manufacturer, it suddenly turns out that the manufacturer has a bunch of "doubles" who produce goods under the same name, but sell them for a lot of money, or the goods themselves are of lower quality. Losses to an honest manufacturer, in this situation, are guaranteed. How to be How to recover losses and prove to the consumer that the "doubles" have nothing to do with this enterprise?

First you need to decide what is the "identification sign" of the enterprise.

Firstly, the name. It must be registered. Then the double will not legally have the right to be called in the same way.

Secondly, the corporate identity of the enterprise. It consists of a logo, company colors, fonts and other graphic elements used in identity (identity - objects of souvenir and printing products, outdoor and interior advertising of the enterprise where the corporate identity is applied).

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To make the logo only yours, patent it. That is, get the right to exclusive use of your trademark. Then no doubles dare to encroach on your good name. So how to patent a logo?

Currently, a wide range of organizations specializing in patents is provided in the services market. Of course, their services also cost money.

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First, pay the state fee and draw up an application for registration of a trademark (indicating the name and location of the applicant), a description of the trademark and the list of classes of the ICGS to which legal protection will apply. This application with a description must be submitted to the Federal Institute of Industrial Property (FIPS).

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Next, a preliminary verification of documents will be carried out (within a month).

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Then, an examination of the trademark is conducted for compliance with the requirements of the law. This may take more than a year. If everything is in order, the trademark is registered in the State Register of Trademarks and Service Marks of the Russian Federation.

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From now on, you will be issued a long-awaited trademark certificate within three months. Now your doubles face civil, and with great damage, criminal liability for the use of your trademark. Is this not gratitude for the time and effort spent ?!

how to patent a trademark