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2. The official language is Danish.
3. Danish trademark registration follows the principle of "application first", but in some cases, trademark rights can also be claimed based on "prior use".
4. At present, the Danish Patent and Trademark Office adopts the Nice Classification 11th edition for the description of goods and services, and can accept applications for multiple categories in one form. The elements that can be registered as trademarks in Denmark include: text, names, letters, numbers, graphics, colors, three-dimensional shapes, etc.
5. The types of trademarks that can be registered in Denmark include: text trademarks, graphic trademarks, three-dimensional trademarks, positional trademarks, pattern trademarks, color trademarks, sound trademarks, dynamic trademarks, multimedia trademarks, and holographic trademarks. Danish trademarks can be divided into ordinary trademarks, guarantee certification trademarks, and collective trademarks.
6. Danish single country registration can automatically extend protection to Greenland and the Faroe Islands. Although EU registration can obtain trademark protection in Denmark, EU registration does not automatically extend to Greenland and the Faroe Islands (which are not EU members). For Madrid International Registration, applications for Madrid designation of Denmark submitted after January 11, 2011, can automatically extend protection to Greenland. Madrid designated Danish applications submitted after April 13, 2016 can automatically extend protection to the Faroe Islands.
Denmark is a signatory to international intellectual property treaties such as the TRIPS Agreement, Paris Convention, Nice Agreement, Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization, and Vienna Agreement. It is also a member of the Madrid Protocol and the European Union. Therefore, trademark registration can be applied for through four methods: "single country registration", "EU trademark registration", "Madrid international registration designating Denmark", and "Madrid international registration designating the European Union".
The Danish trademark is valid for 10 years after registration, starting from the date of application; Renewal can be processed within 6 months before the expiration date, with a grace period of 6 months; The renewal is valid for 10 years.
1. The applicant's Chinese and English names and addresses;
2. The categories and names of goods/services that require protection;
3. Trademark design;
4. Signing of power of attorney;
5. If priority is declared, proof of priority must be provided.
The applicant prepares trademark application documents, including: the applicant's name and address, trademark graphics, a list of goods and services to be registered under the trademark, a statement of use or intention to use the registered trademark, and the cost of applying for the trademark. Submit the prepared materials to the Danish Patent and Trademark Office.
After the applicant submits a trademark registration application, the Danish Patent and Trademark Office will review whether the application meets the requirements of a trademark application and whether information and address of the applicant or unit are provided Copy of logo and list of goods or services.
For trademarks that have passed the examination, the application will be granted the application date and application number.
For trademarks that have not passed the examination, the applicant needs to make changes and modifications. And submit the application again.
The trademark that has passed the formal examination enters the substantive examination. If the Danish Patent and Trademark Office considers that the applicant is unclear about the goods or services, it will issue an examination opinion to the applicant and request a response within the prescribed time limit. If no response is given within the deadline, the trademark application shall be rejected.
The reviewed trademark documents will be published in the official trademark announcement. Within 2 months after the publication of the trademark registration application, anyone may raise objections to the trademark documents.
The Danish Patent and Trademark Office will apply for trademark documents that comply with trademark laws and have no objections, register and publish the trademark, and issue a trademark registration certificate.
1. When registering a trademark in Denmark, there is no examination of "relative reasons", which means that the official will not actively review whether the applied trademark is similar to the prior trademark and reject it. Therefore, the trademark is easy to pass the initial review and be announced. This requires the rights holder to continue to pay attention, monitor, and timely raise objections to protect their trademark rights after the successful application registration.
2. Denmark implements a procedure of issuing a registration certificate first and then announcing it. If there are no objections or objections are not established during the announcement period, the trademark will be officially registered. Therefore, even if a trademark registration certificate is received, it does not mean that the trademark has been successfully registered in Denmark.
