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BVI Trademark
Registration
Registration of Trade
Marks
The
Registrar of Trade Marks of British Virgin Islands may register a trade mark on
application by or on behalf of any person, claiming to be the proprietor of a
trade mark. For the
purposes of registering a Trade Mark in the BVI, a mark must consist, at least,
one of the following essential particulars:
For more information or guidelines regarding trademark registration, please see: Trademark Guidelines. A trade
mark must be registered for particular goods or classes of goods. Application for
Registration.
For the
registration of a trade mark in the BVI the following documents are required:
The
documents mentioned in point (2) and (3) must be acknowledged by a Notary Public,
and where signed outside of the British Virgin Islands MUST be duly authenticate
by Apostille or the closest British
Consulate. Filing of Application for
Registration of a Trade Mark:
The
application for registration of a trade mark is filed with the Registry of Trade
Marks of the BVI and published in the BVI Official Gazette twice.
Three
months after the date of the first publication (within which opposition against
th application may be filed by anyone claiming to have that right), the Registry
shall grant registration of the mark for a renewable period of fourteen (14) years and shall cause the
corresponding certificate of registration. Assignment:
The
document containing the assignment must be filed at the Registry of Trade Marks;
this document must be acknowledge by a Notary Public.
A power of attorney is required, authorising the Agent to file it on behalf of the Applicant.
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