Intellectual Property Services

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You’ve decided on a brand, and it’s ready to explode in popularity; but, you’re not sure if it’s still available, and you’re not sure what other brands are available that are comparable to yours. It’s possible that you’ve been putting money into your brand for a number of years, and now you want to safeguard the valuable reputation it’s earned. Or, it may be too late to prevent someone from stealing your idea or logo, which could lead to consumers confusing their products with your own.

You might be interested in selling or licensing your brand, or perhaps you are considering taking things to the next level by bringing it into another country. When you register a trademark, you safeguard the identity of your company and prohibit others from using a mark that is confusingly similar to or identical to yours. This applies to any of the instances listed above. Your trademark has the potential to become the single most valuable asset in your company if it is adequately secured. In order to successfully register your trademark, you will need to overcome a few obstacles and employ some strategies.

AMI LEGAL – DOC ASSIST employs a devoted intellectual property lawyer who focuses on representing clients in matters pertaining to copyright and trademark law. Because we have many years of experience, we are able to provide you with advice, manage the process on your behalf, and collaborate with you to devise a strategy that will best safeguard what is rightfully yours. Free Trademark Check

What we can do for you?

1. advice

We are able to proavide you with advice regarding:
Whether or not your brand is appropriate for usage and registration
The process of preserving and enhancing the value of your brand
Other concerns pertaining to trademarks in South Africa and elsewhere in the world
Dispute resolution tactics

2. SEARCH

We look through the South African Trademark Register as well as international databases for any brands that are too similar to yours and could prevent the registration of your trademark. Because of the results, we are better able to customize our filing strategy, which in turn increases the likelihood of achieving successful registration.

3. LICENSING AND REGISTRATION OF MARKS.

We will manage the entirety of the registration process and see to it that your brand is legally protected and that you retain ownership of it. These are the following:

Step 1: Filing your mark.

When a trademark is filed, which is the first step in the application procedure that is involved in registering your trade mark, the trademark is protected from the very first minute that it is filed (if it progresses to registration).
What we shall do is:
Create a filing plan with the goal of increasing the chances of successfully registering your business.
Determine which categories of items or services are relevant to your investigation.
Establish the criteria for the products or services that will be included in the relevant classes.
The Company and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) is where you should file your petitions.

Step 2: Analyze the performance of your team.

After a period of approximately a year, the CIPC will review the application and decide whether or not to accept it, provisionally refuse it, or accept it subject to conditions.
What we shall do is:
Inform you of the examiner’s reaction and work together with you to formulate a plan to either satisfy the examiner’s conditions or get around the provisional refusal.
Either provide the examiner with evidence that satisfies their requirements, or take the necessary measures to overturn the provisional denial.

Step 3: Publicizing Your Event and Getting Registered

After it has been reviewed and approved, we will submit your application for publication in the South African Patent Journal so that others may file an opposition.

What we shall do is:

Offer a plan of action and help with either negotiation or litigation in the event that an objection is raised.
You should write out your registration certificate and finish the procedure if there are no objections or if an objection has been overcome, whichever comes first.

4. ADDITIONAL TRADEMARKS AND SERVICES

Renewal as well as Continuous Services

What we shall do is:

Make a note in your calendar to remind you when your trademark registrations are up for renewal.

Provide an address at which any correspondence relating to the trademark can be received and processed.
Please keep me informed of any trademarks that can cause a dispute.
Services Not Elsewhere Listed.
We provide:
Transferring ownership of a trademark from one party to another while simultaneously updating its status in the Register.
Making modifications to the Register, such as changing the name or address of a trademark owner.
Obtaining a replacement certificate for the trademark.
removing trademarks from the Register that are incompatible with one another.
reintroducing into the Register any of your trademarks that have previously been deleted.

5. ADDITIONAL SERVICES RELATED TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Listed below are some of the IP-related services that we provide:
Copyright.
Registered Designs.
Patents.
Registrations of Domain Names and Disputes Regarding Those Registrations.
Counterfeit Goods.
The importance of Non-Disclosure Agreements in the Protection of Know-How and Trade Secrets.
Have any problems with your IP? Most likely, we can be of assistance.