Legal person may be puzzled about behavior that many companies registered trademark in the EU countries,If you want to register in the EU countries, then why not in the United States or other countries registered, after all, relative to the EU, these countries more likely to register the audit,now let Xiaoma legal editor tell you why are registered trademarks in the European Union.
1.Get a wider range of protection.Although other countries to apply for registration easier, but using only a country or a region, but the EU is not the same, as long as registered in the EU, it will be recognized by all EU members, so as long as you are in one of these countries successfully registered, you will have third people to use the right to prohibit;
2.More concise, easier to handle. Registration of the EU trademark shows that the information is less, the documents are less, and the application time is relatively short. (only submit an application registration once, you can use your registered trademark in all the member countries);
3.Registration costs less. Concise procedures also represent the lower the cost of submitting applications, so the cost of registered trademarks in the EU is not low, but relative to the benefits to be brought, the price is still very high;
4.Protection privilege. The EU trademark after registration within five years regardless of whether you use, will be protected, if at the expiration of a period of five years, as long as you use the trademarks in any one member, then the trademark enjoys the same protection rights in EU Member States;
5.Enjoy priority. If a trademark has been registered in any country, or is the international trademark, so EU registered trademark in the application of the same priority, if registered in the EU, registered in other countries also enjoy such rights;
6.Effective confrontation with domain name registrant. In the commercial competition, there is a means of cybersquatting, through such means can serve to undermine the reputation and image of the other effect, and after the registration of a trademark, it is against the domain name registration rights, is the company after registration, domain name registration enjoys priority;
7.The scope of protection increases with the increase of member countries. At present, the EU is twenty-eight members, if the EU Member States to increase the scope of trademark protection, will follow the increase, but do not need to pay any fees and costs, you can enjoy the protection of new members;
8.Enjoy the priority of all members of the country. After the registration of the EU trademark, you can enjoy the priority of the members of the country, that is, after registration of trademarks in other member countries registered more priority. This is the case in the EU, as is the case for other members.