Steps to register a commercial brand
Introduction
It is also necessary for the brand owner to access and consult on the page of the Autonomous Intellectual Property Service (SAPI), so that you can have the knowledge of the rates that must be canceled. Before knowing what should be done, it is necessary to remember that a brand is a sign that is protected that can belong to a natural or legal person, and that will be used to distinguish a specific product or service.
Developing
What are the steps I must follow to register my brand
First step
• Find a history: after the user is already clear what is the sign that will protect, it is necessary that a search to be generated where a report of the existence of background to the brand will be generated. In the amount you will have to cancel, the price of the form that will have to fill out is already included. Once this is done, the user will have to present at the finance box office, the copy of the bank deposit that he can perform in any of the SAPI accounts.
• The graph: it is the search for the background of the brand or the logo. The user who requests it must present at that time its design or logo with the dimensions of 5 cm x 5 cm.
Second step
Acquire the forms
The user must request the following payroll at the SAPI offices: FM-02 Form, a folder containing the product/service, commercial motto/commercial domination and finally cancel the value rate of 0.1 U.T.
Elements for the request for registration of a trademark:
• Fiscal timbres of the Government of the Capital District (0.4 UT).
• Proof of rate (0.1 UT).
• Product folder and/or service or motto or commercial denomination.
• FM-02 form duly filled with its respective national and international class.
• In case of a graphic or mixed brand application, a 4 × 4 facsimile must consign, with a brief description of the figurative element in separate leaf.
• A power (in case of attorney), in original and a photocopy. When internationalized and translated by public interpreter, jury and duly notarized.
• Background searches.
Third step
To end the application process, it is time to make the presentation, consigning it solely and exclusively at the main headquarters:
Presentation requirements according to natural persons
• A photocopy of the identity card or passport.
• Simple Affidavit.
Presentation requirements according to legal persons
• Certified copy of the constituent act of the commercial company or publication in the newspaper, (bring original). If the company is more than 5 years of age, the interested party must submit: original or certified copy and simple copy of the minutes of the last assembly. If the company at any time has changed partners or legal representative, the interested party must present original or certified copy and simple copy of the last assembly act where these changes are recorded.
• If the company has more than 5 years, original or certified copy and simple copy of the Minutes of the last assembly.
• Copy of the Rif of the Commercial Company.
• Photocopy of the identity card or the passport of the director or president of the company and the box office applicant.
• Fiscal Timbre (0.02 UT).
• Presentation rate (0.1 UT).
• In case of requesting a collective brand, those interested must consign the brand use regulations.
Presentation requirements according to civil associations
• Original annexar or certified copy and simple copy of the statutes.
Presentation requirements according to state entities
• Request in writing the exemption of the costs of fees and services before the SAPI.
• Then consign an official copy of the appointment and designation of the legal representative together with a copy of its respective identity card.
Presentation requirements according to cooperatives
• Certified copy or simple copy of the constitutive act with the presentation of the original.
Presentation requirements according to nicknames or industrial property agents
• Present broad, authenticated power, translated by a jury and visa public interpreter or apostilled international.
• The numbered original is in the powers of powers and the listed copy is delivered to the agent requesting.
• Submit all the requirements at the ticket offices of the Receiver Unit, where they will deliver a copy of the clock, stamped by recording the priority of the same.
• If the application will submit an omission or did not meet the requirements established in article 71 of the LPI, it will be returned to the interested party to subsane within 30 business days, from the publication in the current industrial property bulletin.
• Applications that have been submitted in accordance with the provisions of article 71, their publication in the press will be ordered, through the Industrial Property Bulletin.
What should be expected after going through this process to register a brand
After all the necessary collections for this procedure have been recorded, the applicant must wait for the SAPI:
1. Process the application
two. Publish in the press
3. Publish the brand as request
4. Give a 30 -day wait
5. Perform an exam for concession
6. Makes the publication of an intellectual property newsletter, issuing the registration certificate
conclusion
Those entrepreneurs or entrepreneurs who wish to register their product or service may have the opportunity to achieve it for themselves, but the most recommended before doing so is to hire a lawyer who is a brand specialist, especially for those who live insideFrom the country, it is important to remember that brand records are made only in Caracas.
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