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• Trademark Registration Process
• Documents Required to Register a Trademark
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Trademark Registration Process

Detailed below is the registration process regarding Trademark registration in Sri Lanka:

1. Conducting the IP search (Optional)
2. Submitting the IP application along with the POA
3. Issue of Filing Number, by Intellectual Property Office
4. Queued for Examination stage
5. Examination of mark
6. Papers sent to translation department (if translation, is required)
7. Papers sent for gazetting and made subsequently public
8. Objection period
9. Certificate issued (if, no objections)

Documents Required to Register a Trademark

• A duly completed trademark application for registration (Form M-01)
• A clear image of the mark to be registered (10cm x 10cm)
• A duly executed Letter of Authority for the appointment of an Agent.

Useful links

• National Intellectual Property Office of Sri Lanka (NIPO)
• Intellectual Property Act of Sri Lanka
• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
• Nice Classification of goods and services
• Sri Lanka Customs – IPR Border enforcement