Originally published in Getting The Deal Through - Trademarks
2008. Contributing Editors: Joseph Nicholson and Stuart Sinder.
Published by Getting The Deal Through.
1. Ownership Of Marks
Who may apply?
Any person or entity can apply for a mark in El Salvador,
regardless of nationality, domicile or establishment.
2. Scope Of Trademark
What may and may not be protected and registered as a
trademark?
A trademark may consist of words or sets of words, including
names of people, letters, numbers, monograms, figures, pictures,
labels, shields, printings, fringes, lines and stripes, sounds,
scents or combinations and dispositions of colours, as stated in
our Trademark Act and in the Trademark Law Treaty (TLT), recently
ratified by El Salvador. Trademarks may also consist of the form,
presentation or preparation of products, or their packages or
envelopes, or the corresponding means or premises of expended
products or services (trade dress). Geographic
