Can Someone Oppose My Already Registered Trademark?

The most exciting stage of the trademark registration process is receiving the registration certificate; however, in our experience, some clients are disappointed after being granted the certificate of the protection of their mark.

A client has been established for 10 years and has had quite a successful development of their brand overseas. Keeping in mind the concept of first-to-file in some major markets, the client decided to register its marks first, before starting its operations in other jurisdictions. After filing many marks and receiving registration certificates in multiple countries, the client was eager to begin their new overseas ventures. However, on the Japanese registration certificate, the following sentence caused concern - ". This mark has been published in Japan on 01/16/2021; the publication period is two months. If no objection is raised during the publication period, the registration of the trademark in question will take effect. Otherwise the