Malaysia Hotline: +603-2141 8908
Register your South Africa logo
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 logo 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 logo should have: it must be distinctive and it
should not be deceptive.
South Africa Logo Registration
Requirements
It is important for all South
Africa logos to be capable of being represented graphically and to be unique
and distinctive against the marks of others. If a logo has already been used in
South Africa is will not be possible to register the logo 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 logo Registration
The validity period of a South
Africa logo is 10 years and can be renewed every 10 years thereafter provided
the mark has been used in compliance with the relevant logo law in South
Africa. Kindly take note that under South Africa logo law, logos which have not been used for a
specified period of time will be removed and all rights revoked from the owner.
Contact
us
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