Application method of German trademark: It can be in paper form, or it can be submitted electronically in official website through the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA). The electronic application fee is slightly lower and the examination is faster.
Individuals or enterprises that have no domicile or business office in Germany must entrust German lawyers or EU lawyers as agents.
If Germany is designated as a protected country in the EU trademark application and the World Intellectual Property Organization international trademark application, German trademark protection can also be obtained.
2. After the German trademark registration application is submitted, a receipt and application number will be obtained, which will be published in the registration database of the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA).
3. The German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA) examines whether the application for trademark registration has absolute reasons for rejecting the registration, and does not check whether the same or similar trademark has been registered.
4. The registered trademark owner will get the German trademark registration certificate.
5. German registered trademark will be published in German trademark magazine.
6. The prior obligee may object to the registration of the trademark in written form within 3 months after the announcement of trademark registration.
7. Within 10 years after the registration of a German trademark, anyone can apply to the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA), or ask the court to cancel the registration of the trademark on the grounds of absolutely rejecting the registration.
8. The German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA) will notify the trademark registrant after receiving the application for revocation of the German trademark. If the trademark registrant does not raise an objection within 2 months, the German trademark will be revoked.
9. After receiving the trademark revocation application, the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA) will notify the trademark registrant, and if the trademark registrant raises an objection within 2 months, the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA) will start the revocation procedure.
10. Trademarks must be used for all registered categories of goods and services. If a trademark is not used for five consecutive years after registration, anyone can apply to the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA) or ask the court to cancel the registration of the trademark.
1 1. After receiving the German trademark cancellation application, the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA) will notify the trademark registrant that if the trademark registrant does not raise an objection within 2 months, the trademark will be revoked.
12. After receiving the application for trademark revocation, the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA) will inform the trademark registrant that if the trademark registrant raises an objection within 2 months, the revocation applicant can bring a trademark revocation lawsuit to the court.