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Trademark Registration in Zanzibar

Our Services

We have competent Trademark Attorneys who will guide and assist you to Register Trademark in Zanzibar.

Trademark Search

We will conduct Search and provide you with comprehensive Search Report, which will give you the probability of your trademark registration in Zanzibar. Send us your trademark for preliminary Search in Zanzibar.

Filing Trademark Application in Zanzibar

Our Trademark Attorney, will check whether the trademark to be registered is entitled for protection in Tanzania. Once the Trademark is checked, the competent Trademark Attorney, will then File and prosecute Trademark applications at the Zanzibar Intellectual Property Office

We will require the following information and documents to register trademark in Zanzibar;

  1. Name, address and nationality of the Applicant;
  2. One print of the proposed trademark (even for word marks in ordinary type);
  3. List of goods and services;
  4. List of Classes;
  5. Priority application number, country and date, if any;
  6. Power of Attorney (no notarization or legalization required)

Zanzibar follows the International Classification of Goods, Multiclass application is not allowed, different applications must be filed for each class of the trademark if the Trademark is to be registered in more than one class;

Once filed, the Trademark application shall be published and the opposition period is within 60 days following publication.

Registration and Renewal

The Trademark is registered for the first Ten (10) years from the filing date, and The Trademark registration is renewable indefinitely for periods of Seven (7) years upon each renewal. The trademark renewal can be requested during the grace period of six (6) months after expiration, upon payment of a late renewal fee.

The Trademark registration will be subject to cancellation actions based on lack of use, if it is not used for more than five years (5)after registration of the trademark.

Other Trademark Related Services.

We can also assist you with Trademark Monitoring, Recordial Change of names and Address, Recordial of Assignment and Merger.

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