Application

What is the opposition period?

Once the office publishes the application, holders of earlier rights — e.g. owners of similar marks — have 3 months to file an opposition. After that period the office decides on the registration.

If your mark is opposed, the representative records the opposition, the response deadline goes into their calendar and the response procedure is opened, at TMA's price; you are notified of every change of the official status. You can also oppose a published mark yourself: under Services → Opposition, or with one click from a monitoring alert.