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PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

  • What is Office Action

Once an Applicant files a trademark application, it will be searched and examined by the Trade Mark Office. If there are any deficiencies in the application and/or any objections to the mark according to the local trade mark law, an Office Action (aka Examination Report / Opinion / Refusal / Rejection) will be issued to reject its registration.

 

If the applicant is not satisfied with the grounds for refusal, who may make amendments, written response, or appeal within a specified period.

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  • Why refuse your Trade Mark Application 

There are several possible grounds for trademark registration refusal, which mainly include:

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  1. Lack of distinctness (merely descriptive);

  2. Likelihood of confusion (identical or confusingly similar to one or more prior registered mark in respect of identical or similar goods/services in the same or similar class); or

  3. Misleading description / deceptively mis-descriptive;

  4. Other local special regulations/rules.

  • Why choosing Right IP

Based on the particular details of your mark's situation, it may be possible to provide either evidence of secondary meaning for your trademark to show that your mark is distinct in the minds of consumers, or you may persuade the examiner with the grounds of correct understanding of trade mark rules / laws and appeal the refusal. An experienced trademark adviser will be able to explain your trademark registration refusal to you and can advise you on how best to proceed.  

  • Successful cases of Right IP

Hong Kong Office

 

Right IP Limited

Unit 405, 4/F Energy Plaza,No.92 Granville Road, Tsim Sha Tsui East, Kowloon, Hong Kong

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Taiwan Office

 

博智衛好智權有限公司
Room 58, 2nd Floor, No. 163, Nanjing West Road, Datong District, Taipei, ROC

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