This article provides a step-by-step guide to trademark registration in Nepal. According to the author, a trademark refers to a name, word, phrase, logo, symbol, design, image, or a combination of these elements showing the difference from goods or services of others to the goods and services by any firm, company or individual.
The article focuses on the following topics:
- Types of trademark
- Procedures for trademark registration
- Step 1: Submission of an application for registration of a trademark to the Department of Industries (DoI)
- Step 2: Preliminary examination of the application by the DoI
- Step 3: Publication of trademark in the Industrial Property Bulletin (IP Bulletin)
- Step 4: Registration of the trademark
- Documents required
- Ground of refusal of an application for the trademark
- Validity of the registered trademark
