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Category

Registration

Responsible Agency

National Intellectual Property Office

Address :3rd Floor, "Samagam Medura" 400, D.R.Wijewardena Mawatha Colombo 10..

Tel: +94 (011) 2689368

E-mail- nipos@sltnet.lk

Legal base of the Procedure

No.

Type of documents

1

Application along with a Photocopy of the Application.

2

A representation of the mark

Power of Attorney (if relevant)

Priority documents (if applicable)

5

Translation of the Mark (if applicable) (certified by a sworn translator where the mark consists of a word or words not in Sinhala, Tamil or English)

Specific requirements relating to 3-dimentional/certification/collection marks are included in the application form itself.

Step 1

Submit an application along with a photo copy and other  relevant documents (as applicable) and forward it together with the prescribed fee to the Intellectual Property office.

Step 3

The Trade Mark application is examined and approved  by the Director General.

Step 6

 If  mark is approved or when the Appeal is accepted  the relevant amount to be paid for publication in Goverment Gazette is notified to the Applicant.

If there is an objection within three months from the date of publication in Gazette, an opposition inquiry will be held. If the Opposition is accepted the application is rejected and applicant may make application to court if applicant so desires.

Step 9

And if there is no objections from a third party within three months or if the opposition is rejected after opposition inquiry on the Gazette Publication the Trade Mark applicant has to pay registration fee.

Trade Mark is registered and registration certificate is issued. Registration is valid only for ten years from the date of application and it is renewable.