cipo.gov.vc Trade Mark Registration St. Vincent & Grenadines : Commerce & Intellectual Property Office

Organization : Commerce & Intellectual Property Office
Type of Facility : Trade Mark Registration
Country: St. Vincent & Grenadines

Website : http://cipo.gov.vc/

Trade Mark Registration :

Trade marks are signs that distinguish the goods or services of one business from those of other businesses.

Related : CIPO Commerce & Intellectual Property Office Patent St. Vincent & Grenadines : www.statusin.org/8635.html

Before using a trade mark you should check the Register of Trade Marks to ensure that no one else has registered a mark which is the same or similar to yours for use with the same or similar goods and services.

Care should also be taken to ensure that your mark is not the same or similar to the name of a business or corporate entity which trades in goods or services that are of the same type or similar to those on which you plan to use your mark.

Manual searches of the Business Names, Companies and Trade Mark Registers may be conducted at costs ranging from $2.00 to $5.00.

National protection:
Registration of a trade mark in St. Vincent and the Grenadines only gives it protection within the jurisdiction of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Local registration would nonetheless be useful abroad as evidence of your mark’s reputation in support of an action for passing off. Ideally, however, you should register your mark in every country where you will be using it.

Use of designations:
While trade mark registration is certainly a wise course of action it is not compulsory. It is however important to note, that although the designation “TM” can also be used with an unregistered trade mark, the designation ® may only be used in relation to a mark registered in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Where an unregistered trade mark is represented to be locally registered, the person who has applied that mark is liable to a fine of $10,000.00.

A registered trade mark:
** helps to create brand identity for your products and services
** fosters customer loyalty
** facilitates expansion of business through the licensing of rights
** enables a swift response to unfair competition
** Considering all these benefits

Contact Us:
E-mail:
office.cipo AT mail.gov.vc
ciposvg AT vincysurf.com

Telephone: +1(784) 456-1516 or +1(784) 451-2894
Facsimile: +1(784) 457-1397

Mailing:
Commerce & Intellectual Property Office
Ground Floor, Methodist Building
Granby Street, Kingstown
St. Vincent & the Grenadines
West Indies

Trade Marks Fees :
1 Filing an application to register a trade mark, certification trade mark, collective trade mark or defensive trade mark in respect of:
(a) goods or services in a single prescribed class – $100.00
(b) goods and/or services in more than 1 prescribed class – $100.00 for the first class and $50.00 for each additional class

2 Filing of divisional application – $100.00 for each class

3 Filing of an application to register 2 or more trade marks as a series under section 32 – $200.00 in respect of 2 trade marks and $50.00 for each additional mark of the series
4 Additional fee for filing application under items 1,2, or 3 where a representation of the mark exceeds 8cm x 8 cm or 3” x 3” – $65.00 per application

5 Request for deferment of acceptance of an application – $50.00
6 Request for expedient examination of application for registration of a trade mark – $40.00
7 Filing of notice of opposition – $200.00

8 Filing of application for extension of time :
(a) for each month or part of a month for which the extension is sought – $50.00
(b) additional fee if application or request is filed after the end of the period or time extend – $100.00

9 Filing of notice or evidence in opposition proceedings – $60.00
10 Certificate of registration of trade mark – $100.00