Trademark
Bryn Aarflot offers general consultancy services as well as specialist legal services relating to all aspects of Norwegian trademark law and practice.
Examples of our trademark-related services are:
- Legal assistance and consulting services in all trademark related matters in Norway
- Advice and assistance regarding protection of trademarks and trademark portfolios in Norway
- Assessment and assistance in trademark infringement matters in Norway
- Litigation in trademark and other other related IP matters in Norway
- Filing and prosecution of trademark applications in Norway and abroad
- Prosecution of provisional refusals in Norway (Madrid Protocol/international trademark registrations)
- Assistance in trademark opposition and administrative re-examination cases before The Norwegian Industrial Property Office (NIPO)
- Trademark renewals in Norway and abroad
- Customized and standardized trademark availability searches
- Monitoring of trademarks
- In-use searches
- Assistance and advice relating to the assignment or licensing of trademark rights
Trademark application requirements
In order to file a trademark application in Norway, we require:
- Contact information details of the applicant; name, address, telephone no., fax no. and e-mail address
- Reproduction of mark (electronically by e-mail, or six specimens not exceeding 8 x 8 cm in size)
- Priority details (if priority is claimed)
The following information and documents can be submitted subsequent to the application date:
- Power of Attorney (signed by the applicant). Power of Attorney forms can be downloaded from our website (cf. "forms")
- Specification of goods/services. Please note that The Norwegian Industrial Property Office (NIPO) accepts class headings. Further, partial priority can be claimed from a narrower foreign application.
- Certified copies of priority documents are seldom requested, and can be obtained and filed subject to the Patent and Trademark Office’s request.
Normal procedure and expected time lapse
Once a trademark application has been filed, it will normally take from 4 to 6 months before a response can be expected from The Norwegian Industrial Property Office (NIPO). If no objections or citations are made, the mark will be published in the Norwegian Gazette. The deadline for third party oppositions is three months from the date of publication.
Contact us for more information or assistance regarding trademark!
Read also:
- Madrid Protocol or Norwegian national application?
- Provisional refusals
- Validity period – renewal
- Recordal of changes
- Recordal of licence agreement
