Trademark Registration in Dominican Republic
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WDA is the most professional law firm to
register
your trademark in the Dominican Republic.New legislature on
Intellectual Property (law 20-00 of May 2000 on industrial property and
65-00 of August 2000 on copyrights) has been enacted in order to comply
with provisions of agreement signed by countries with the World Trade
Organization (WTO) on Trade-Related Intellectual Property Aspects
(TRIPS).
Ever since the enacting of these laws, a remarkable
change on protection system for trademarks has been
accomplished.
For instance, with the adoption of the Niza´s International
Classification of Goods that gives a wider and greater protection to
registered trademarks and eliminates the limited scope of former local
classification with 70 classes of products.
Moreover, creation of National Office for Industrial Property (by law
20-00), has started the modernization of the trademark computer system
and has incorporated the technology needed to expedite the process as
from clearance search until possible administrative conflicts which
might arise from the application in question. We are a team of
intellectual property lawyers commited to your success when registering
trademarks in the Dominican Republic.
Trademarks and Tradenames
Basic Facts About Trademarks
We offer complete trademark registration in the Dominican Republic, the
Caribbean and Latin America. Registration of trademarks in Dominican
Republic grants trademark owner the exclusive rights of prohibiting any
use by third parties of the registered trademark, except for the cases
when use by third parties is legitimate and made as a consequence of
any trade relation started by the owner of the trademark direct or
indirectly when the product is put in the local or international market
as long as product or good has suffered no alteration or modification
whatsoever.
Trade names are protected by law 20-00 and its rights are originated
not for the registration but for the first use in commerce.
Protection is granted even when not registered but is eliminated upon
the abandonment of the trade name which takes place when no use of the
trade name in question has been made for the last 5 years.
Registration applications may be filed with the National Office of
Industrial Property. Registration is granted for a period of ten years,
renewable for consecutive ten-year periods. Renewal applications must
provide proof of use of the trademark along with a Declaration of Use
or Non use based on the provisions of Act 20-00 on Industrial Property
Documents
required to file a trademark or trade name application
