Greece
Fees for registering Greece trademarks
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Trademark registration time
The current trademark regulations in Greece are mainly based on the Trademark Law No. 4679/2020, which came into effect on March 20, 2020. The Trademark Office of the Greek Industrial and Industrial Property Office is responsible for managing trademark affairs, and the official language is Greek. Trademark exclusive rights need to be obtained through registration. Trademark registration is not mandatory, but in order to better protect the trademark or renew it, it must be registered in accordance with the law. Greek trademark registration follows the principle of "application first", but in some cases, trademark rights can also be claimed based on "prior use".
Greece is a signatory to international intellectual property treaties such as the TRIPS Agreement, Paris Convention, Nice Agreement, and WIPO Convention. It is also a member of the Madrid Protocol and the European Union, so trademark registration can be processed through "single country registration", "EU registration", or "Madrid International Registration".
Trademark Registration Process
Currently, Greece adopts the Nice Classification 11th edition of product and service descriptions and accepts applications for multiple categories in one form. The elements that can be registered as trademarks in Greece include: text, names, letters, numbers, graphics, three-dimensional logos, sounds, slogans, and combinations of the above elements.
Natural or legal persons who do not have a domicile, main place of business, or a genuine and valid business enterprise in Greece must entrust a specialized agent in that country to handle the matter. The basic materials required for trademark application are:
1. Trademark design;
2. Category and specific product/service items;
3. Name and address of the applicant;
4. Power of attorney;
5.If priority is declared, proof of priority must be provided.
The main process for applying for registration of a Greek trademark is: application acceptance examination announcement approval issuance. The application will be accepted approximately one month after submission, and the examiner will conduct a formal and substantive examination of the application. Formal review mainly examines whether the application requirements and classification information comply with regulations; The substantive examination includes the examination of the distinctiveness of the trademark and whether it violates the prohibition and prohibition clauses. If the examination fails, a rejection notice will be issued and the applicant will be required to respond within the time limit specified in the rejection notice. If the examination passes, it will be announced.
Three months from the date of announcement is the objection period, and any interested party may raise objections to the trademark announced in the initial review. The main reasons for raising objections are:
1. Conflict with prior trademarks, such as owning a prior registered trademark;
2. The trademark lacks distinctiveness;
3. The trademark has adverse effects;
4. Malicious registration;
5. Conflict with other prior rights, such as trade name rights, design rights, copyrights, personal names, etc.
If there are no objections or objections are not valid during the announcement period, the registration will be officially approved and a registration certificate will be issued. If everything goes smoothly, trademark registration in Greece takes about 10 months; If things don't go smoothly and there are rejections or objections along the way, the time will be greatly extended.
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The Greek trademark is valid for 10 years after registration, starting from the date of application; Renewal can be processed within 6 months before the expiration date, with a grace period of 6 months; The renewal is valid for 10 years.
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