Your trade mark is a symbol that distinguishes your company from others, it must be distinctive. To register, you need to make sure it hasn’t already been registered by someone else. You can check in TMview.

The level of trade mark protection you choose mainly depends on where you sell your product. You can register your trade mark at national, EU, or international levels.

Your application for a trade mark must contain a list of goods and services that you sell now or are likely to sell in the future. You need to define that list carefully. Use TMclass to build your list of goods and services.

If you need advice, you can get an IP Scan, where an expert will analyse your business and help you develop a trade mark strategy. Just visit the SME fund website, select your country, and apply for Voucher 1. You can get back 90% of your IP Scan costs!

IP Scan is offered in these countries under the SME Fund: Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Portugal, Spain and Sweden.