A trademark is a distinctive sign which identifies the origin of goods or services of a firm from its competitors.

Its identification function is thus essential for the company but also for the end-user who will be able to find easily the product he likes.

A trademark can be protected indefinitely by simply renewing it every 10 years.

However, it has to be used and it can be lapsed in case it is not used during five consecutive years.

Besides the protection of national trademark in a particular country, there are regional trademarks, among which the Community trademark protected on all the European Union territory.

There is also a another kind of protection : the international trademark, which is filed by a simple formality in one or several countries members of the Madrid Agreement and/or the Madrid Protocol. In all, there are about 150 countries.

Our missions :
	Availability searches amongst the filing applications, the use trademarks in the Anglo-Saxon countries, the corporate names and trade names. Legal advice Filing of national trademarks Filing of Community trademarks Filing of international trademarks Renewal and follow-up of deadlines Transfer of ownership, recordal before the national Registries Taking part in negotiations Drafting of contracts Opposition procedures before the national Trademark Offices Follow-up of pre-litigious matters Litigation Seizure of infringing items Negotiation in view of obtaining trademarks Use survey Defence of trademarks on the Internet Audit of trademarks portfolio Study of financial valorisation of trademark right