- North & South America
2. The trademark law of Honduras is Industrial Property Law No. 12-99 (Trademark Law), which stipulates the definition, registration, protection, and enforcement of trademarks.
3. The Honduras trademark is managed by the Honduras Intellectual Property Office and the official language is Spanish.
4. Honduras implements the principle of first application for trademarks.
5. Honduras adopts the Nice classification for trademarks and does not accept applications for multiple categories. The elements that can be registered as trademarks include text, name, graphics, color combinations, slogans, etc.
Honduras is a signatory to international intellectual property treaties such as the WIPO Convention, Paris Convention, and Trademark Law Treaty, and has not yet joined the Madrid Agreement or Madrid Protocol. Therefore, trademark registration in Honduras can only be processed through a "single country registration" method.
The validity period of a trademark in Honduras is 10 years, calculated from the date of registration. Trademarks can be renewed indefinitely, with each renewal lasting for 10 years. The renewal application should be submitted within six months before the expiration of the validity period, but there is a grace period of six months and a late fee must be paid.
1. Applicant's name and address
2. Goods or services
3. Trademark design
4. Power of Attorney
5. To submit priority, proof of priority must be provided
Application acceptance review announcement approval issuance.
Submit application documents to the Honduras Intellectual Property Office;
The examiner will conduct a formal and substantive examination of the application to confirm whether the application documents are complete and whether the applied trademark meets the basic registration requirements; If the review fails, a rejection notice will be issued and a response will be required within the specified time;
Once the review is approved, an announcement will be arranged, which will be published in the official newspaper every 10 days. The objection period is 30 working days from the last announcement date;
If there are no objections or objections are not established during the announcement period, the trademark will be approved for registration and a trademark registration certificate will be issued to the applicant.
After registration, in order to obtain the renewal certificate, an annual fee needs to be paid (or paid in full at the time of renewal);
After registration, to prevent third-party revocation based on three consecutive years of non use, it is recommended to pay "Non use Taxes" every three years.
If the whole process goes smoothly, it will take about 8-12 months.
