No. Trademark protection is rooted in whole registration right.
i) Application form stating applicant’s name/address, the trademark, the designated goods and related Int’l class, the date of submission, and the priority data.
i) Specimen of the trademark; Priority document; POA.
Sign, letter, figure, sound, smell, three-dimensional shape, hologram, movement, color and combination of them.
2 months from the issuing date of refusal. It would be extended upon request.
Yes, through two measures: information and opposition.
2 months from the publication date.
The filed application undergoes both formal and substantive examinations.
12 months on average.
10 years and is renewed every 5 or 10 years.
From one year prior to expiration date To 6 months (grace period) after expiration date.