Trademarks
- Registering a Benelux trademark
- Searching in the register
- Applying for a search
- Applying for an annual subscription
- Lodging an opposition (objection)
- Applying for changes and renewals
- Registering outside the Benelux
- What is a trademark?
- Is my trademark still available?
- How do I register my trademark?
- How do I maintain the right to my trademark?
- I have a conflict, do I have to lodge an opposition?
- How do I register my trademark outside the Benelux territory?
- Do things yourself or get things done by others?
- What are the fees for trademark registration?
A strong trademark, right from the start
“I can think of enough examples of people who started out small and are now the proud owners of a trademark that is famous around the world. Just think of all those DJs who had their names registered six or seven years ago. Back then no-one thought that the names of famous DJs would become so valuable. Their interests are now protected all over the world.”
What is a trademark?
Trademark and domain name
Trademarks and domain names are two totally different things:
- Trademark registration gives you the exclusive right to use this trademark in the Benelux territory.
- A domain name registration does not give you any exclusive right. In effect, it is nothing more or less than a kind of address, comparable to a telephone number, to identify a site on the World Wide Web (Internet). You have to register to acquire this address. There are a variety of domain name extensions such as .nl, .be and .lu (national extensions), or .com, .eu or .int.