Within three days of submitting an application, you can use the TM symbol alongside your brand name. This will ensure that no other business can register the same or similar brand name.
read moreThe Intellectual Property department has an objection against most brand names. All you need is a lawyer to respond to this objection within 30 days.
Trademarks have a validity of 10 yea Once this time is up, they need to be renewed. If you do not renew the trademark, the IP department will eventually strike it off the register.
read moreA patent isn’t easily approved, as it needs to be unique to any other creation, have commercial application and not be an obvious extension of an existing technology. A two-year process is normal.
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