From Filing to Registration: 14-18 Months
Convention Priority: N/A
Classification of Goods/Service: International
Multiple Class Applications: N/A
Registration Validity: 10 years, renewable for other consecutive periods, each of which is 10 years.
Renewal Time: Application for Renewal should be submitted during the last year of the protection period. There is 6 months grace-period for late renewal upon paying lateness fees.
Trade/Service mark Use: Not pre-requisite for registration. However, a trademark is vulnerable for cancellation by any interested party, who may prove that the trademark was not actually used for five consecutive years.
Procedure: Once the application is filed, it is queued to be examined as to trademark registrability. Accepted applications by the Registrar are published in three consecutive issues of the Official Gazette. There is 30 days period as of the last publication for filing an opposition by any interested party. In the absence of an opposition, the published trademark is registered, and the certificate of registration is issued.
Requirements:
Trademark/Service Mark Applications
1- Power of Attorney, duly notarized and legalized up to the Consulate of Kuwait.
2- Fifteen prints of the trademark for each class of goods.
3- A certified copy
of the basic
Registration
legalized by the
Kuwaiti consulate
4- Full particulars of the applicant.
* It is not
necessary to submit
all the documents at
the time of filing
the legalized
documents can submit
later
* Kindly send us a
photocopy of the
Home Registration or
application in
advance by fax.
Renewal of Trademark/Service Mark Registrations
1- Power of attorney, duly notarized and legalized up to the Consulate of Kuwait.
2- The original Certificate of Registration for endorsement.
Assignment Applications
1- Power of Attorney by the assignee, duly notarized and legalized up to the Consulate of Kuwait.
2- Deed of Assignment, signed by both parties, notarized and legalized up to the Consulate of Kuwait.
3- The original Certificate of Registration for endorsement.
Change of Name/Address Applications
1- Power of Attorney in the new name/address, duly notarized and legalized up to the Consulate of Kuwait.
2- Certificate of change of name /address, duly legalized up to the Consulate of Kuwait.
3- The original Certificate of Registration for endorsement
