Malaysia Hotline: +603-2141 8908
Register
your South Africa trademark with Tannet, to prevent your competitors from using
it. Applications can be lodged in 45 different classes, depending on the goods
and/or services for which the trade mark will be used. Details of the
international classification system, the Nice Classification System, can be
obtained on the World Intellectual Property Organization’s website.
The
intellectual property office in South Africa is known as the Companies and
Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC). The Companies and Intellectual
Property Commission (CIPC) was created as a result of a merger between the
Office of Companies and Intellectual Property Enforcement and the Companies and
Intellectual Property registration Office, OCIPE and CIPRO respectively.
South
Africa trademark may consist of words, designs, letters, numerals or packaging,
slogans, devices, symbols, hologram, sound, etc. To be entitled to protection,
there are basically two main characteristics that a trademark should have: it
must be distinctive and it should not be deceptive.
South Africa
Trademark Registration Requirements
It
is important for all South Africa trademarks to be capable of being represented
graphically and to be unique and distinctive against the marks of others. If a
trademark has already been used in South Africa is will not be possible to
register the trademark and gain exclusive rights over it. If the mark is
available, and in the following format – words, letters, shapes, ornamentation,
colours, names or designs, or a combination thereof, the mark is likely to gain
registration.
South Africa trademark Registration
The
validity period of a South Africa trademark is 10 years and can be renewed
every 10 years thereafter provided the mark has been used in compliance with
the relevant trademark law in South Africa. Under South Africa trademark law,
trademarks which have not been used for a specified period of time will be
removed and all rights revoked from the holder.
Contact us
If you have further queries, please contact Tannet
24 hours Malaysia hotline：603-21418908;
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24 hours Hong Kong hotline：86-755- 36990589;
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