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Filing Requirements:

Trademarks: Nepal


  Trademark Filing Requirements:
  1. Power of attorney sealed and attested by two witnesses. (Power Form)

  2. Application form executed as above.

  3. Certified copy of home or foreign registration certificate notarized with English translation.

  4. 10 prints of the mark.

 

  • Time necessary for registration 12-18 months.

 

  Change of Name /Address Requirements:
  1. Power of attorney sealed and attested by 2 witnesses. (Power Form)

  2. Original Nepalese registration certificates; and,

  3. Certified Extract from the Registry office of the applicant’s country showing the current change of name.

 

General Information:

Classification of Goods / Services: International Classification

 

Claiming priority under Paris Convention: Yes.

 

Registrable: Trademarks, service marks.

 

Time from filing to registration : 2 months following the submission of completed documents and payment of official fees.

 

Registration Duration : 7 years from filing date.

 

Renewal Duration : 7 years.

 

Publication : None; although a legal provision exists, it has not been implemented.

 

Opposition Period : None.

 

Renewal Application: Within 35 days before expiry

 

Use: Non-use for 1 years following registration makes the registration vulnerable to cancellation; it is possible file an intent-to-use application in Nepal.

 

 


 

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