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Belgium trademark
registration is the first step for business owners in Belgium. Business owners
must take design a sign that will serve as a trademark for their company. In
principle, any signs can be considered trademarks. They can include words,
images, colors, shapes and even sounds. The trademark must be associated with
specific products or services, thus the entrepreneurs must also decide for
which products he or she will register the trademark.
Belgium Trademark Registration Requirements
A Belgium trademark application
has to be filed before The Belgian Office for Intellectual Property (OPRI). A
Power of Attorney is not required. Foreign applicants do not need a domestic
registration.
Belgium Trademark Procedure
The Belgium trademark
application process includes an examination on absolute grounds; the official
search has been abandoned. Signs not deemed distinctive in the examination can
be registered if distinctiveness has been acquired by use.
After the examination
on formalities and absolute grounds, the application is published in the online
Benelux Bulletin for opposition purposes. Oppositions could be filed within a
period of 2 months after the first day of the month which follows the date of
publication of the mark.
The whole procedure
takes between 5 and 8 months if there are no complications. There also exists
an expedited registration procedure.
Belgium Trademark Registration Term of Protection
A Belgium trademark
registration in The Belgian Office for Intellectual Property (OPRI) is valid
for 10 years from application date. The registration is renewable for periods
of 10 years.
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