ipo.gov.tt Apply For Trade Mark & Industrial Design Trinidad & Tobago : Ministry of Legal Affairs Intellectual Property Office

Name of the Organization : Ministry of Legal Affairs Intellectual Property Office
Type of Facility : Apply For Trade Mark & Industrial Design
Country : Trinidad & Tobago

Website : http://www.ipo.gov.tt/
Download Forms : http://www.ipo.gov.tt/document-centre/trademark-forms.html

Apply for a Trade Mark:

Applicants/agents may obtain a copy of the Trade Mark Application Form (TM No. 2) and Authorization of Agent Form (TM No. 1) either at the Intellectual Property Office or print a copy from the Document Centre, Intellectual Property Office website (www.ipo.gov.tt). Note that all forms must be printed on A4 size paper, printed single sides only.

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Applicants are advised to contact a Trade Mark Examiner at the Intellectual Property Office in order to determine the relevant class or classes of goods and/or services that their application should be filed in. The application form must be completed and submitted in duplicate to the Intellectual Property Office, 3rd Floor, Capital Plaza, 11-13 Frederick Street, Port of Spain, Trinidad together with the prescribed application fee.

The application fee is determined by the number of class(es) in which the application is being filed. It is calculated as follows: $300.00 for the first class and $100.00 for each additional class.

Guidelines for how to pay for a Trade Mark.
Cash payments are not accepted at the Intellectual Property Office. Applicants may choose to utilize one of the following payment methods:

Methods of payment:
** Linx (Debit Card Only).
** Bank Manager’s Cheque made payable to “THE CONTROLLER, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OFFICE”.
** Cash at any District Revenue Office. Please note that in order to make payments at any District Revenue Office, the applicant must obtain a voucher first from the Cashier at the Intellectual Property Office before proceeding to any District Revenue Office. The receipt from the District Revenue Office must be presented to the Intellectual Property Office after payment of the fee at any District Revenue Office.

Guidelines for Applying for an Industrial Design:
** Applicants are advised to obtain a copy of the Industrial Designs Rules and Regulations available at the Government Printery, Victoria Avenue, Tragarete Road, Port of Spain.
** A specimen copy of the application is available at the Intellectual Property Office. This form should be copied on to A4 size paper, single sided only. The copied Form should be filled out in duplicate and submitted with the following:
** Signed Power of Attorney (if the application is being filed by the Applicant’s Attorney/ Agent).
** If the Industrial Design is three dimensional, four graphic representations or four drawings or tracings of each of the different sides/views
** Graphic representation, drawing or tracing of the industrial design not exceeding 10 x 20 centimetres. Such representations, drawings or tracings shall be affixed on to four sheets of cardboard of A4 size
** Drawings and tracings shall be in Black Ink
** A specimen shall be of a size not exceeding 20 x 20 x 20 centimetres.

IPO Contact Information:
Tel:
(868) 625-9972,
(868) 625-1907,
(868) 627-0706

Fax: (868) 624-1221

Email: info@ipo.gov.tt