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Dominican Republic Trademark Registration Procedure
Filing
The trademark application in Dominican Republic is filed at the National Intellectual Property Office (ONAPI).
Formal Examination
The Dominican authority, National Office of Industrial Property (ONAPI) reviews the application. First will check if there are errors of form and will check formalities requirements.
Substantive Examination
Then the examiner will analyze if the application violates the prohibitions for trademark registration: (a) inadmissibility of registration by the sign [absolute grounds], and (b) inadmissibility of registration by third party rights [relative grounds].
Official Action
In the event that ONAPI finds a violation, the applicant will be notified and will be granted a period of sixty (60) days to “withdraw, modify or limit” the request or to respond to ONAPI objections. If the applicant or his representative does not respond within the established time or if his answer does not resolve the objection, the application will be denied. A notification of approval or denied is issued 15 days after response by part of the applicant is received.
Extension of time
Extension of time for filing the response to official action in a later date is possible in Dominican Republic under motived request and paid of the prescribed fee. ONAPI according its regulations grant can three or two extension of times per expedient.
*Formal official action extension: The first extension for 60 days and the second one for 30 days.
*Substantive official action extension: The first extension for 90 days, second one for 60 days and the third one for 30 days.
Publication
If the trademark application in Dominican Republic have been duly approved and accepted, the ONAPI give the applicant 30 days to pay the publication fee. After payment the trademark application will be published for forty-five (45) days period in a national wide newspaper (El Nacional) and in the Official Bulletin.
Filing
The trademark application in Dominican Republic is filed at the National Intellectual Property Office (ONAPI).
Formal Examination
The Dominican authority, National Office of Industrial Property (ONAPI) reviews the application. First will check if there are errors of form and will check formalities requirements.
Substantive Examination
Then the examiner will analyze if the application violates the prohibitions for trademark registration: (a) inadmissibility of registration by the sign [absolute grounds], and (b) inadmissibility of registration by third party rights [relative grounds].
Official Action
In the event that ONAPI finds a violation, the applicant will be notified and will be granted a period of sixty (60) days to “withdraw, modify or limit” the request or to respond to ONAPI objections. If the applicant or his representative does not respond within the established time or if his answer does not resolve the objection, the application will be denied. A notification of approval or denied is issued 15 days after response by part of the applicant is received.
Extension of time
Extension of time for filing the response to official action in a later date is possible in Dominican Republic under motived request and paid of the prescribed fee. ONAPI according its regulations grant can three or two extension of times per expedient.
*Formal official action extension: The first extension for 60 days and the second one for 30 days.
*Substantive official action extension: The first extension for 90 days, second one for 60 days and the third one for 30 days.
Publication
If the trademark application in Dominican Republic have been duly approved and accepted, the ONAPI give the applicant 30 days to pay the publication fee. After payment the trademark application will be published for forty-five (45) days period in a national wide newspaper (El Nacional) and in the Official Bulletin.
Precio
USD$ 590
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