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EU Trademark Registration

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The Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM), in charge of the registration of the Community Trademarks in the European Union follows a specific procedure, which can be divided in the following three periods/steps...

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What is the trademark registration procedure?

The Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM), in charge of the registration of the Community Trademarks in the European Union follows a specific procedure, which can be divided in the following three periods/steps:

Examination of the application (examination of absolute grounds for rejection, including the search for identical or similar Community trademarks)
Publication of the trademark in the "Community Trademarks Bulletin".
Period following the publication up to the registration. During this period objections can be filed against the trademark registration (within 3 months from the date of publication).

What are the main advantages and disadvantages of the EU trademark registration?

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