In practice, it turns out that many entrepreneurs do not pay timely attention to this. They order a name and logo from some freelancer for several thousand rubles. Naturally, in the low-price segment, no one bothers with verification.
You can check the registration of a trademark yourself using online resources such as:
However, it is important to understand that this is a rather one-sided and superficial check, concerning only verbal names. In addition, you can only check already registered trademarks for free.
It is also possible to check trademarks that are in the process whatsapp numbers of registration, but this will require capital investment.
Check the brand before investing in it.
This will help you avoid a situation where you waste a lot of money and effort.
When and where to register a trademark
The Federal Institute of Industrial Property, controlled by Rospatent (the Federal Service for the Protection of Intellectual Property), is responsible for registering trademarks in our country. On its website you can find a list of documents and the procedure for the necessary actions.
It's up to you to decide whether to submit the documents yourself or to contact intermediaries, so-called patent attorneys. There is a rather complicated system, as is often the case with government agencies. Either contact professionals or spend a lot of time. The cost of services of qualified patent attorneys starts from 20 thousand rubles.
For example, there are 45 classes of the International Classification of Goods and Services (ICGS). Classes 1 through 34 are devoted to goods, and 35 through 45 to services. You must initially correctly determine which class you want to register in. It happens that a product is at the junction of several classes. In this case, it is worth registering in several of them at once. You will have to pay extra for each class, but it makes sense to play it safe here.
For example, our agency’s trademark is registered simultaneously in six classes:
The principle is as follows: if you registered the trademark "Walking Cat" in the second class, no one else can use the same name in this category. However, in the other 44 classes - yes!
In general, the following points should also be taken into account:
registration can take up to one and a half years;
the process can be sped up, reducing the waiting period to two months, but this is very expensive;
the financial costs for registration will be from 25 thousand rubles (depending on the number of classes);
Every ten years the registration will have to be renewed;
A trademark can only be registered to a legal entity.