- North & South America
2. The current trademark regulations in Dominica are mainly based on the Trademark, Collective Trademark and Trade Name Act, which came into effect on February 2, 2009.
3. The Dominican Trademark Registry is responsible for the unified management of trademark affairs, and the official language is English.
4. The trademark registration in Dominica adopts the principle of "application first".
5. The Dominican trademark accepts applications for multiple categories of trademarks.
Dominica is a signatory to international intellectual property treaties such as the Nice Agreement, Paris Convention, and WIPO Convention, and has not yet joined the Madrid Agreement or Madrid Protocol. Therefore, trademark registration in Dominica can only be handled through a "single country registration" approach.
The Dominican trademark is valid for 10 years after registration, starting from the date of application. Renewal can be processed within 6 months before expiration, and the validity period after renewal is also 10 years.
1. Trademark design;
2. Trademark category and goods/services;
3. Applicant's name and address/service items;
4. If priority is declared, priority proof documents and corresponding English translations must be provided.
The general process for registering a trademark in Shendominic is as follows: submission, acceptance, examination, announcement, approval, and issuance.
