International Trademarks
Export is also exporting its trademark registrations
The registration of a trademark is territorial, that is to say that if you register your trademark in Argentina it will only be valid in this country, protection is National.
At the moment in which a company or start up proyect decides to internationalize offering their products or services in another country, you will need to protect their trademarks and patents in the territory chosen to be fully protected.
At the time of export, in a project budget the costs necessary for the protection of trademarks in the country of destination should be included. This study should be made before entering any market. The risk of entering and not having registered trademarks abroad could cause large losses of money and time with the aggravating circumstance to stop all operations including the risk of being exposed to very high cost trials abroad.
In these respects, Gatti has special plans for registration of trademarks in several countries alltogether. They are tailor-made to the customer according to the case, studying the needs and priorities of each project.
It is important to highligt that the registration of trademarks alltogether in several countries of America is one of our specialties. In this way we provide all the administrative and accounting work to our clients, concentrating all the documentation, payments and maturities in one place.
Gatti has offices in Brazil and a network of partners around the world to assist you in the most appropriate way. We have a great experience at the international level that highlights our management making it tailored to our clients and adjusting the budget available to every need.
The majority of the countries in the world adopt a national system but there are some exceptions around the world that should be analyzed. In this sense, to be noted that there are also some international protection systems, which are designed to simplify, reduce time and costs in the process of registration of a trademark in the countries that integrate:
International Trademark
Brand international
Through the Madrid system is achieved a solution centrally to the registration and the management of trademarks in 113 countries, including the United States, China, Japan and major European countries.
Simply submit a single application, in one language, and a unique fee to protect your brand in the territory up to 97 members.
A trademark search the WIPO database can be made to check if the mark is available: click to search
Mark of the European Union
Mark of the European Union
The mark of the European Union gives the applicant exclusive rights to all Member Countries of the EU, both current and future, through a single record.
The duration of a Community trademark is 10 years counted from the date of the application, renewable for equal periods, indefinitely.
A trademark search in the OHIM database can be made to check if the mark is available: click to search
- Intellectual Property Worldwide Offices Guide: click to search
New solutions to GLOBAL CHALLENGES
We stand out at National and International level as regards the global protection of Trademarks, Patents and Intellectual Property.
Our main task in the global protection is to safeguard the rights of Industrial Property simplifying all registration processes in different countries.
The protection of plant varieties, also known as a system of law of the plant breeder is a form of intellectual property "sui-generis" which aims to give the breeder of a plant variety an exclusive right to exploit its creation. The breeder is the person who has created or discovered and developed a plant variety.
The trade dress is made up of the set of distinctive signs constituting a trade and that characterize it. For example, decoration or commercial image, the shapes of the buildings and even the uniforms used.
The registration of software and intellectual property protection of computer programs in its source and object versions, are protected by the Law 11.723 of Intellectual Property, which states that computer programs are considered literary works, scientific or artistic in terms of the law.
The Patent Cooperation Treaty PCT can seek protection by patent for an invention in many countries at the same time by filing an “international” patent application. It can be submitted by nationals or residents of the Contracting States of the PCT. Applicants are able to protect their invention worldwide in 148 countries.
Service that is performed prior to a purchase process where the potential buyer evaluates a company and / or its assets in the face of an acquisition.
