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US Trademark Registration
File a US trademark without a US company: receipt in 5-7 business days, about 8-10 months to registration, 10-year term, use-based rules and refusals explained.
Filing receipt 5-7 business daysTime to register 8-10 months if approved
Read the full guide →EU Trademark Registration (EUTM)
One EUTM covers all 27 EU states: receipt in 1-3 days, 4-6 months to register, 10-year term. The unitary risk and opposition practice, explained.
Filing receipt 1-3 business daysTime to register 4-6 months if approved
Read the full guide →UK Trademark Registration
File with the UK IPO: receipt in 1-3 days, 4-6 months to register, 10-year term. Why an EU mark no longer covers the UK, and how to answer refusals.
Filing receipt 1-3 business daysTime to register 4-6 months if approved
Read the full guide →China Trademark Registration
China is first-to-file: acceptance in about a month, 7-9 months to register, 10-year term. Refusals, non-use cancellation, name versus brand.
Acceptance notice About 1 monthTime to register 7-9 months if approved
Read the full guide →Madrid International Trademark Registration
Designate many countries in one filing: certificate in 2-4 weeks, 12-18 months to protection, one renewal, five years of dependency on the base right.
International filing receipt 2-4 weeksTime to protection 12-18 months typical
Read the full guide →Amazon Brand Registry
What Brand Registry needs and unlocks: a matching local trademark, pending versus registered access, owner mismatches, A+ content, Stores and complaints.
Marketplace rule A local trademark per regionTrademark status Registered = full tools, pending = limited
Read the full guide →US Design Patent Application
Protect how a product looks: receipt in 3-5 days, 18-24 months to grant, 15 years with no maintenance fees, plus the disclosure clock and fast-track routes.
Filing receipt 3-5 business daysTime to grant 18-24 months typical
Read the full guide →EU Registered Design
A registered Community Design covers all EU states, registers in one to two weeks and renews to 25 years. No substantive exam, so screen prior designs.
Filing receipt 1-3 business daysTime to register 1-2 weeks typical
Read the full guide →PCT International Patent Application
PCT is not a worldwide patent: it fixes your priority date, delivers a search opinion around 16 months, and defers national-phase decisions to 30-31 months.
Filing receipt 1-2 weeksInternational search Around 16 months
Read the full guide →TRO Response and Unfreezing Funds
A US court froze your seller balance: 14-21 day response windows, settlement versus defence, the evidence to preserve, and how funds are released.
Response window Typically 14-21 daysImmediate effect Frozen funds, delisted products
Read the full guide →Platform Complaints and Appeals
When a platform removes a listing: identify the asserted right, verify it, preserve evidence the same day, then appeal or counter-notice with documents.
First move Preserve evidence the same dayComplaint types Trademark, copyright, patent, image theft
Read the full guide →Trademark and Patent Invalidation
Remove a blocking right instead of working around it: opposition, invalidation, three-year non-use cancellation and patent invalidity, with evidence needed.
When it applies Bad-filing squatting, weak rights, blocking marksTrademark routes Opposition, invalidation, non-use cancellation
Read the full guide →Madrid System vs Single-Country Filing
Cost, speed, platform acceptance and risk compared. Madrid is cheaper from five countries; direct filings are faster and yield local certificates.
Cost Madrid usually cheaper at five or more countriesSpeed Madrid 12-18 months; national depends on each office
Read the full guide →How Long Does Trademark Registration Take?
Uncontested timelines: EU and UK 4-6 months, US 8-10, China 7-9, Japan and Korea 6-12, Canada and Australia 7-18, Madrid 12-18. What extends each one.
EU / UK 4-6 monthsUnited States 8-10 months
Read the full guide →Invention, Utility Model or Design?
What each Chinese patent type protects and how long it takes: invention 18-36 months / 20 years, utility model 10-14 months / 10 years, design 4-8 months / 15.
Invention patent 18-36 months / 20 yearsUtility model 10-14 months / 10 years
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