Knowledgebase, Guides | Intellectual Property Section, Department of Registrar of Companies and Intellectual Property

27 MAY 2022

Trademarks - EU Directive - Examination Process

What has changed regarding the examination process of a Trademark in Cyprus, after the transposition of the Directive (EU) 2015/2436 for Trademarks. read more

27 MAY 2022

Trademarks - EU Directive - Application Process

What has changed regarding the application for registration of a Trademark in Cyprus, after the transposition of the Directive (EU) 2015/2436 for Trademarks. read more

06 JUL 2021

Legal expenses list for trademark procedures

14 APR 2021

Common Communication CP11 New Types of Marks: Examination of Formal Requirements and Grounds for Refusal

The Intellectual Property Offices of the European Union Intellectual Property Network have now agreed on an additional Common Practice on trade marks with the aim of providing guidance with regard to the examination of formal requirements and grounds for refusal and/or invalidity of new types of trade mark, namely, sound, motion, multimedia and hologram marks, and the new ways of representing them. read more

Common Communication CP12 Evidence in Trade Mark Appeal Proceedings photo

31 MAR 2021

Guides

Common Communication CP12 Evidence in Trade Mark Appeal Proceedings

The Intellectual Property Offices of the European Union Intellectual Property Network have now agreed on an additional Common Practice/Common Recommendations document on trademarks with the aim of providing general principles regarding evidence in trade mark appeal proceedings. read more

22 JAN 2021

Guides

Website's publication plan

In accordance with article 7 of the Right of Access to Public Sector Information Law of 2017, Law 184(Ι)/2017, a website's publication plan has been compiled. read more

15 OCT 2020

Guides

Common communication 8 Use of a Trade Mark in a form differing from the one registered

The Intellectual Property Offices of the European Trade Mark and Design Network have now agreed on an additional Common Practice with regard to the use of trade marks in a form differing from the one registered, with the aim of identifying general principles for assessing when the use of a trade mark in a form differing from the one registered alters its distinctive character. read more