Home Study Patents Brand names Design Searches Contacts Home / Brands / Community Community trademark Trademark registration in the European Community The Community trademark , established in 1994, confers on the Applicant a right that is valid with a unitary character in all member countries of the European Union. The Community Trademark is acquired, through a single procedure, with registration in the register kept by the OHIM (Office for the Harmonization of the Internal Market) based in Alicante, Spain. The Community trademark can be registered , transferred or canceled, with effects relating to the entire territory of the European Union. The registration has a duration of 10 years, starting from the filing date, and is renewable indefinitely. The registration procedure provides, after the filing of the application for registration at the OHIM, the carrying out by the latter and by the National Offices (with the exception of some countries) of a search for anteriority between the Community and national trademarks, respectively. . The search report is sent to the Applicant who, on the basis of the same, can decide whether to limit the application (relating to products and / or services) or withdraw it. In seguito il marchio comunitario viene pubblicato sulla Gazzetta Ufficiale dell'U.A.M.I. in modo tale da permettere ai Terzi di presentare Opposizione alla Registrazione, nel termine di tre mesi, sulla base di diritti anteriori di marchi comunitari e/o marchi nazionali. Nel caso in cui nei tre mesi successivi alla pubblicazione non vengano presentate opposizioni, l'U.A.M.I. procede d'ufficio alla registrazione del Marchio Comunitario, previa corresponsione della corrispondente tassa di registrazione. Maggiori informazioni sui marchi comunitari Richiedi maggiori informazioni sui marchi comunitari. INVENTION | 1, Via Delle Armi - 40137 Bologna (BO) - Italy | PI 04114700372 | Tel. +39 051 440826 | Fax. +39 051 440232 | info@invention.it | Legal information | Privacy | Cookie Policy | Powered by Pagine Gialle - SmartSite