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ARTICLE · 09 OCTOBER 2024

Forgot To Renew Your Trademark Before Its Expiry Date?

Unfortunately, this is not a rare occurrence. SMEs are often victims of this kind of oversight. Their trademarks are of course very important, and it is through them that their clients know them and choose them!

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Unfortunately, this is not a rare occurrence. SMEs are often victims of this kind of oversight. Their trademarks are of course very important, and it is through them that their clients know them and choose them! But their internal organisation is not set up to manage them (renewal every 10 years) and they take second place to urgent priorities. And that's quite understandable! However, as time goes by, the consequences of this oversight can be disastrous...

If you have exceeded a period of 6 months after the renewal deadline for your French trademark, it is no longer possible to "revive" your old trademark. You have therefore lost your prior trademark rights to your name and logo.

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