Trademarks
- Registering a Benelux trademark
- Searching in the register
- Applying for a search
- Applying for an annual subscription
- Lodging an opposition (objection)
- Applying for changes and renewals
- Registering outside the Benelux
- What is a trademark?
- Is my trademark still available?
- How do I register my trademark?
- How do I maintain the right to my trademark?
- I have a conflict, do I have to lodge an opposition?
- How do I register my trademark outside the Benelux territory?
- Do things yourself or get things done by others?
- What are the fees for trademark registration?
The step towards expansion
“Together with a girlfriend of mine I developed naturally produced cosmetics that are safe for people, animals and the environment. We started a small business and our products have become enormously popular. Our company now has outlets in a number of countries and the trademark has become a household name."
Registering trademarks outside the Benelux
Click here if you want to file (apply for) a Community Trademark (i.e., a European trademark). The link will lead you straight to the application form on the OHIM site.
Forms for international registration, for the recordal of changes in the register, for renewing a registration or for expanding it to other countries (subsequent designation) are available. Please print out the form you need, complete it (NB. in French! English is allowed in certain cases) and send it to us by post or by fax.
For further details about the protection of your trademark outside the Benelux, click here.