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trademark registration is under the “Industrial Property Code” gives an owner
the right to prevent third parties from using his mark, or a deceptively
similar mark, without the owner’s consent for the products or services for
which it is registered. Mark’s owner may also can prevent other persons from
using the mark in relation to products or services for which his mark is
registered or in relation to similar products or services. Therefore, Macao
trademark registration gives a right of ownership that is easier to establish
than under the “Commercial Code”.
There are different kinds of trademark in Macao
a. Product trademark: a trademark used on products
or their packaging.
b. Service trademark: a trademark used in the
course of the rendering of a service, in order to identify the service
provider.
c. Association trademark: a specific sign belonging
to an association of individuals and/or bodies corporate, whose members use or
have the intention of using the sign for products or services.
d. Certification trademark: a specific sign
belonging to a corporate entity that controls the products or services or establishes
the regulations with which they must comply and that is to be used on the
products or services subjected to that control or for which the regulations
were established.
e. Three-dimensional trademark: a trademark based
on the 3D appearance of the product or its container.
f. Sound trademark: a type of non-physical
trademark that uses a specific type of sound used in trademark registration. A
product or a type of service may be represented by means of a distinct tone or
strings of tones.
Requirement of Macao Trademark Registration
1.
The completed “Application for Registration of Trademark” form, (can be
prepared by our firm);
2.
Notarized Power of Attorney;
3.
Where appropriate, submit the following documents:
(1)Document
of priority right;
(2)If
the certificates or other documents are not written in official languages of
MSAR, translated copies should be submitted in any official languages of MSAR
(Chinese or Portuguese);
Validity of the Trademark Protection
The
registration of Macao trademark is valid for 7 years counted from the date of
granting. It may be renewed indefinitely, and each renewal will extend the
validity for another 7 years. Within the six-month’s period right before the
date of expiration, the right-holder of trademark can submit the application of
renewal.
Macau Trademark Renewal
Within
the final 6 months of the registration validity, the applicant should renew his
trademark protection and pay the respective renewal fee. The notice of the
renewal will be published in the Official Bulletin of Macao SAR. After the
renewal notice has been issued, the IPD will file and return the renewed
registration certificate to the holder.
Contact us
If you have further queries, please contact Tannet
24 hours Malaysia hotline：603-21418908;
24 hours Hong Kong hotline：852-27837818;
24 hours Hong Kong hotline：86-755- 36990589;
Email: mytannet@gmail.com
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