Community trade marks When a trade mark is registered as a community trade mark, it is registered such that it covers every member state in the EU (i.e. covering the European Union). A trader can apply to register in one application his logo, trade mark or brand for the European Union as a whole. A registered community trade mark ("CTM") now covers the 25 member states of the EU (soon to be expanded to 27). As trade mark agents, we can apply to obtain community trademark registration, on your behalf, for the following: •   For businesses in Ireland that are seeking to protect their logos throughout the EU, •   For brands, logos and trade marks not registered in the EU, •   For brands, logos and trade marks already registered in Ireland, •   For registration of a trade mark in the EU, as a Community Trademark, •   For businesses making international applications for registering trade marks in other countries based on an Irish application. The EU has a system for applying to register trade marks, which carry very similar rights to a trade mark registered in Ireland. However, the community trademark registration only needs to be used in one member state of the EU to meet the requirements for validity throughout the EU as a whole. This extends the reach of trade mark territorial protection via community trademark registration. Unitary nature of community trade marks A community trade mark registration or CTM has what is known as a unitary character once it is registered. The community trademark registration applies throughout the whole territory of the European Union. One trade mark filing has the advantage of lower trade mark registration costs, and less administration given that all the member states are included. However, having a unitary character, a community trademark registration requires that a CTM application meets the trade mark registration requirements of each member state (which are being harmonised). Furthermore, an application for community trade mark registration must not conflict with any similar or other registered trade marks that exist in any other member state prior to the date of application. Since late 2004, it is now possible to apply to register a trade mark in the European Community, following the EU agreement to be a party to the Madrid Protocol. This has certain attractions by comparison with a direct community trade mark application, under which a trade mark may be refused community trademark registration if it is refused in any one of the member states of the EU. It can be useful to base an international trademark application for registration on an Irish filing, because you can extend the territories for which you intend to use the trade mark (if not at the time of application, then subsequently designation other additional countries for registration of the trademark). If you appply for registration of a trade mark in some of the countries separately, they may have particular trade mark registration requirements that must be met. For example, the UK requires an address for service, which we can provide, and others may require a declaration of intention to use the trade mark. The Community Trade Mark as a single registration is one of the ways around this, and would cost a lot less than applications to register trade marks in each of the member states.

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		Other Trade Mark Agent Appointed ?? No Problem, you can still appoint BATTLE as trade mark agents for the EU or Community Trade Mark registration, while using your current agents for your existing trademark registrations or applications. Another possibility is to appoint BATTLE® for your CTM or next national application to register a trademark. If you would like to try our service and compare it with your current trade mark agents, we would appreciate the opportunity to let you experience our competitve trademark registration service, and our fixed no-nonsense trademark registration pricing.	Turn A Good Brand into a Pot of Gold LET THE PREMIER TRADE MARK AGENTS REGISTER IT
		If you have another trade mark agent, this is not a problem, it is easy to use Business and Technology Links as trademark registration agents also. You are allowed to have one trade mark agent dealing with your local application, AND appoint another trade mark agent to deal with your EU or community trade mark application to register a trade mark. So, if you want to hold your current trade mark agents for older registrations, you can also try out BATTLE THE PREMIER BRAND PROTECTORS to see how we can work for your new applications to register trade marks:   •   Even if you used another trade mark agent for your Irish application, you are permitted to use Business and Technology Links as trade mark agents for any subsequent related application(s), or even non-related trade mark applications for the EU, as well as either for Ireland or elsewhere.   •   We believe that our fees to apply for community trademark registration are highly competitive, and hard to beat.   •   Because of the complexities involved in making applications for trademark registration to multiple countries involving different jurisdictions, we can only provide a quotation for international applications for trade mark registration on request.

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Last update: 1 March 2007

Business and Technology Links Ltd.

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Registered Business Names and Registered Trade Marks: BATTLE, BATL
Registered Office Address: BATL House, 18 Hermitage Lawn, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16, Ireland.

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We aim to be the number one low cost trade mark agents in Ireland.