TRADEMARK APPLICATIONS PAKISTAN
FILING A TRADEMARK APPLICATION IN PAKISTAN
In Pakistan Trademark applications can be filed in two categories:
- Ordinary Applications
- Convention Application (claiming priority from a convention country)
Ordinary Trademark Applications In Pakistan:
Ordinary trademark applications filed in Pakistan are applications without claiming any priority. Ordinarily a trademark in Pakistan can be filed (on form TM-1(single class application) only. It is pertinent to mention that multi class trade mark applications cannot be filed in Pakistan. However, the Trade Marks Ordinance in Pakistan also lays down provisions regarding the filing of priority applications, wherein priority of the mark can be claimed in the said mark filed in a convention country.
Priority Trademark Applications in Pakistan / Convention Trademark Applications Pakistan:
A priority trademark application should be filed in Pakistan within six months after the date on which the trademark application was made in the convention country. For claiming priority in Pakistan from a convention application, a certified copy of the priority documents needs to be filed within 3 months from the date of filing of the priority (convention) application in Pakistan.
The Paris Convention
The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, signed in Paris, France, on March 20, 1883, established a Union for the protection of industrial property. It offers national treatment to the applicant residing in the member country of the union, in other words. National treatment is a very important concept and is essential for successfully achieving the fundamental aim of the Paris Convention. The idea is to provide equal treatment to applications from member countries, in a given member country and not to differentiate between the nationals of member countries for the purpose of grant, and protection of industrial property. Priority application can be filed in Pakistan within six months of after the date on which the application was made in the Convention Countries. The trademark shall, if registered under the Ordinance, will be registered as of the date as which the application was made in the Convention Country and that date shall be deemed for the purpose of the Ordinance to be the date of registration.
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