Trademarks

Documents and information required for a foreign applicant: 

1. A duly signed Power of Attorney (if the applicant has a corporate seal, it should be affixed to the Power of Attorney);
2. Full legal name and address of the applicant;
3. A list of goods and/or services for which the trademark is to be registered;
4. Specimen of trademark. 

General Procedure 

After receiving a full instruction and the necessary documents, we can file the application within 2-5 working days. After an application for registration of trademark is filed, the official Notice of Acceptance will be issued by the Russian Patent Office within 1-2 months after the filing date. Then the application will enter into the substantive examination period. In practice, substantive examination can take as long as twelve to fifteen months. After smoothly passing the examination, the trademark will be approved for registration and the registration certificate will be issued. 

In general, for a smooth registration, the period from filing to registration is about 10-12 months. 

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