如何办理丹麦商标注册?

丹麦是一个高度发达的资本主义国家,拥有完善的社会福利制度,国民享受极高的生活品质,是欧盟成员国和北约创始国之一。丹麦具有十分巨大的消费市场,国内也有许多企业或商家将自身的海外发展重点放在丹麦市场,下面就来给大家介绍一下如何办理丹麦商标注册。


一、丹麦商标注册简介

1.丹麦现行商标法规主要基于其2012年1月24日生效的《商标法》。

2.丹麦专利商标局负责统一管理商标事务。

3.丹麦商标权以申请在先原则为主,使用在先原则为辅。


二、丹麦商标注册条件

在丹麦没有住所或主要营业场所的真实、有效的工商企业的自然人或法人,须委托本国专门的商标代理机构办理丹麦商标注册。


三、丹麦商标注册所需资料

1、申请人的中英文名称和地址;

2、需要保护的商标类别和商品/服务名称;

3、商标图样;

4、委托书。


四、丹麦商标注册流程

1、形式审查

丹麦商标注册申请递交后,丹麦专利商标局将对提交的申请文件、商标图样、委托书等文件进行合法性审查;符合规定的,将授予申请日和申请号。

2、实质审查

根据丹麦商标法审查申请是否具有可注册性、是否违背商标法的禁用条款等。对未通过实质审查的丹麦商标注册申请,审查员将书面通知申请人,并告知驳回理由,代理机构将在接到驳回通知后及时提交复审。

3、公告异议

丹麦商标注册申请通过审查后,将被刊登在丹麦商标公告上。任何人都可以在3个月的公告期内提出异议,陈述理由并提交相关的证据。

4、核准注册

经异议被裁定可以注册,或经公告没有异议的丹麦商标注册申请将被核准注册,并下发丹麦商标证书。


五、丹麦商标有效期

丹麦商标注册后10年有效,到期前6个月内可以办理续展,续展后有效期也为10年。




Denmark is a highly developed capitalist country with a sound social welfare system and high quality of life. It is one of the EU member states and NATO founder countries. Denmark has a huge consumer market, and many domestic enterprises or businesses focus their overseas development on the Danish market. Here is to introduce how to handle the Danish trademark registration.

 

Introduction of Danish trademark registration

1. Denmark 's current trademark legislation is based primarily on its Trademark Law, which entered into force on 24 January 2012.

2. The Danish Patent and Trademark Office is responsible for the unified administration of trademark matters.

3. Denmark 's trademark rights are based on the principle of prior application, supplemented by the principle of prior use.

 

2. Conditions for the registration of Danish trademarks

The natural or legal person of a real and effective industrial and commercial enterprise that does not have a residence or a major business place in Denmark must entrust a special trademark agency to handle the trademark registration in Denmark.

 

3.Danish trademark registration information

1. Name and address of the applicant in English and Chinese ;

( 2 ) trademark categories and commodity / service names that need to be protected ;

3. Trademark pattern ;

4. Letters of trust.


4. Denmark trademark registration process

1. FORM REVIEW

After the submission of Danish trademark registration application, the Danish Patent and Trademark Office will review the legality of the submitted application documents, trademark drawings, letters of commission and other documents ; if the requirements are met, the application date and application number will be granted.

2. Substantive review

According to the Danish trademark law to review whether the application is registered, whether it violates the prohibition of trademark law and so on. For the Denmark trademark registration application which has not passed the substantive examination, the examiner will notify the applicant in writing and inform the reason for the rejection. The agency will submit the review in time after receiving the rejection notification.

3. Announcement of objections

The Danish trademark registration application will be published in the Danish trademark announcement after it has been examined. Anyone can raise objections, state reasons and submit relevant evidence during the three-month announcement period.

4. Approval of registration

The application for registration of Danish trademark which has been ruled to be registered after objection or which has not been announced will be approved for registration, and the Danish trademark certificate will be issued.

 

( 5 ) Validity period of Danish trademark

Denmark ’ s trademark is valid for 10 years after registration, and it can be renewed within six months before expiration, and is valid for 10 years after renewal.