Trademarks Protection Services

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Top Level Domains

  • Conduct a search to avoid application rejection due to prior similar or identical trademarks.

  • Utilize our resources for an in-depth status check of your trademark, including official records and market surveys.

Challenges & Resolutions

  • If faced with a refusal, we guide you through the appeal process against the examiner's decision, striving for the best possible outcome.

  • For provisional or final rejections in Egypt, we offer a free preliminary analysis, representing you before the TMO and formulating a response to overcome rejection.

Additional Support

  • In case of provisional refusal, we help formulate a strong argument for your trademark’s registration.

  • We support filings for opposition or appeal for invalidation/cancellation within the stipulated timelines.

  • Detailed analysis and strategy to address rejections, including negotiation and amending applications as necessary.

  • Our experts ensure smooth communication with the Trademark Office, keeping you informed at every step until your trademark is granted.

Beyond Registration

  • We monitor your trademark’s renewal deadlines, ensuring continued protection with our sophisticated system.

Legal Representation

  • Our legal department represents clients in revocation suits, infringement litigations, and other court procedures, with a cooperative approach between patent attorneys and attorneys at law.

Comprehensive Support

  • Handling transfers, changes of name or address, licensing, and more.

  • Assistance with voluntary cancellation, negotiation, and litigation strategies.

  • Expert opinions on trademark similarity and infringement risk assessments.

Trademark Infringement Follow-Up

Market Watch is vigilantly and continuously performed to promptly identify any potential trademark infringement, ensuring your brand receives the utmost protection.

Recognizing the unique challenges faced by various industries, including the heightened risk of infringement in sectors such as retail, consumer goods, and technology, Maddock & Bright has developed specialized services tailored to these areas. This includes the monitoring of market activities and competitor brands, as well as liaising with local trade authorities and trademark offices to prevent unauthorized use of your trademarks. Our proactive approach aims to safeguard your brand identity and intellectual property rights, ensuring your trademarks are protected across all fronts.

FAQ

  • How long will it take to conduct a trademark search?

    7 working days.

  • Does your country use the international classification?

    Yes.

  • Are there any goods or services for which the mark cannot be registered?

    No.

  • Does the specification of goods in any class limit the protection to the specified goods, or does it give additional protection to all the goods in the class?

    In most cases, it gives it additional protections to all the goods in the class.

  • Can a trademark be registered in the name of more than one applicant ( i.e. joint application) ?

    Yes.

  • Can an application be filed without its complete documents? If yes, what is the deadline for filing the documents?

    Yes. 6 months.

  • Can one application cover more than one class of goods/services?

    No.

  • May priority be claimed under the Paris Convention?

    Yes.

  • What is the term of protection of a trademark? From what date is it calculated?

    10 Years. From the date of filing.

  • Is marking compulsory and, if so, how should marking be made?

    No.

  • In case a trademark is not renewed in due time, and another company register the same trademark, can the original owner oppose the registration or not?

    Yes, based on prior use.

  • If the trademark was filed incorrectly originally, what documentation would be required to amend the official register to show the correct details?

    Depends on the mistake.

  • Is use required before registration or for maintaining the registration in force?

    No.

  • Is use of the trademark on one item sufficient to maintain the protection for all the goods covered by the registration?

    Yes.

  • What are the types of use required?

    Any type of use is sufficient.

  • Can the assignment of an application be recorded?

    Yes.

  • Is recording a license agreement compulsory? What are the consequences of non-recordal?

    Not compulsory, but recommendable to be effective between the two parties and among others. No consequences.

  • Can recordals such as change of name, address, merger, assignment, license, etc., be made against pending applications?

    Yes.

  • Can an assignment be made with or without the goodwill? What monetary consideration is to be mentioned as the value of the assignment? Is there any tax based on the value mentioned?

    Yes, any one of them are acceptable.

    Yes, US $1 is enough.

    No tax.

  • Can the trademark application be opposed and what is the opposition period?

    Yes, two months from the date of publication in the official gazette.