Guides
Understanding and protecting your trademark
Practical guides to prepare your filing, choose your protection and understand how your file is tracked.
Before filing
Prepare, choose, budget
Which countries should I protect my mark in?
A trademark only protects where it is filed. Compare France, the European Union, the United Kingdom and Switzerland.
Read the guide →Choosing goods, services and classes
Nice Classification, classes and specification: what really determines the scope of your protection.
Read the guide →Checking trademark availability
Identical search, similarity search, earlier rights: scope and limits.
Read the guide →Prices, timings and what our service includes
Fees, official fees, options and execution times: the same rules as the quote in the form.
Read the guide →Trademark glossary
Key terms, simply defined with an example.
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Understanding the procedure
Steps, offices and treaties
Trademark filing, step by step
From preparing your file to the certificate: what happens, in what order, and which documents you receive.
Read the guide →Trademark offices
INPI, EUIPO, UKIPO, Swiss IPI and WIPO: who does what, and what GIG-YAMARK does.
Read the guide →Treaties and international protection
Paris Convention, Madrid System, Nice Agreement: what they are actually for.
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After filing
Track, use, defend