Trademark Registration

Get your Trademark registered today

How does the process work?

Trade mark registrations are one of the activities allowed in the Enhanced Productivity and Innovation Credit (PIC) Scheme. We encourage all eligible businesses to maximize their competitive edge by leveraging on this scheme.

You can protect ownership and copyright to your identity or brand by registering it as a trade mark. This can comprise your company’s logo or signature. The period of the ownership of your trade mark can be indefinite so long as it is renewed every 10 years. Since a registered trade mark is your “property”, you can license or assign it to others.

What qualifies as a trade mark?

To qualify as a trade mark, the sign or symbol must be distinct. One should be able to distinguish your goods or services from similar ones of other businesses. Possible registered as a trademark include letters, words, names, signatures, labels, devices, tickets, shapes, colours or any combination of these elements.

Here are some common examples of marks that CANNOT be registered as a trade mark:

• Marks that are descriptive (e.g. super, best, cheap, one dozen)
• Marks that are common to your trade (ones that have become well accepted in relation to your trade and do not distinguish the goods or service you are offering)
• Marks that could offend or promote immoral behaviour
• Deceptive marks (ones that could misrepresent the nature, quality or geographical origin of the goods or services)
• Marks that are identical to earlier marks
• Marks that could cause confusion (similar or identical to an earlier mark and in relation to similar or identical goods or services provided by the owners of the earlier mark)
• Marks that are identical or similar to Well Known Marks