Basic Questions
The Office recommends that you verify the website checklist before filling an application for an EU trade mark.
Further information:
The scope of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on the European Union trade mark (EUTMR) extends to certain territories which have special relationships with EU Member States. The Office, together with the European Commission, sets out the situation under EU law for some of the relevant territories in the list below.
Form part of EU territory[1]
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Do not form part of EU territory[2]
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Åland Islands |
Northern part of Cyprus |
Martinique |
Faroes |
Guadeloupe |
Greenland |
Saint-Martin (FR) |
Saint Barthélemy |
French Guiana |
New Caledonia |
Réunion |
French Polynesia |
Azores |
French Southern and Antarctic Lands |
Madeira |
Wallis and Futuna |
Ceuta and Melilla |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
Canary Islands |
Aruba |
Mayotte |
Bonaire |
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Curaçao |
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Saba |
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Sint Eustatius |
Sint Maarten (NL) |
Please note - this list is only an indicative, non-binding list for information purposes and does not claim to be complete.
[1] See https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/policy/themes/outermost-regions/ and https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/territorial-status-eu-countries-and-certain-territories_en, and https://publications.europa.eu/code/en/en-5000500.htm#fn-mf1.
[2] See https://ec.europa.eu/international-partnerships/where-we-work/overseas-countries-and-territories_en and https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/territorial-status-eu-countries-and-certain-territories_en and https://publications.europa.eu/code/en/en-5000500.htm#fn-mf1, and in relation to Northern part of Cyprus https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:12003T/PRO/10.
It is entirely up to the applicants whether they want to obtain national, regional, EU-wide or international registration of their trade mark.
Further information on the benefits of registering a trade mark in the European Union.
Click here for further information on ownership.
You can also consult the Guidelines, Part B, Examination, Section 2, Formalities, paragraph 2.1
Service: the provision of activities in accordance with human needs.
Your application for a European Union trade mark must contain a representation of the trade mark you want to register and a list of the goods and/or services to be covered by the mark (see Article 31 EUTMR for all conditions with which applications must comply or the Guidelines, Part B, Examination, Section 2, Formalities, paragraph 4 for more details).
The EUIPO has the following set of online tools available for the creation of your list of goods and services.
Further information on trade marks in the European Union.
- A design is essentially intended to determine the shape of a product.
- A trade mark is also applied to the product (see examples). The main function of a trade mark is to identify a particular trade origin in connection with specific goods and/or services.
Further details on proof of use and genuine use can be found in the Guidelines, Part C, Opposition, Section 6, Proof of Use, paragraph 1.1, Function of proof of use.
Additionally, an EU trade mark application may be transferred, subject to rights in rem, levied in execution, involved in insolvency proceedings and licensed, among other possibilities. All changes in the Register can be found in the Guidelines, Part E, Register Operations.
EUIPO applications are published online on eSearch plus, a database that provides you with comprehensive information about trade marks, designs, owners, representatives and bulletins.
The registration process has four steps. More information.
More information on how to manage your EU trade mark.
Intellectual property reports and studies are available on the European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights website.
Links to intellectual property reports and studies.
More information about the .eu top-level domain and its variants in other scripts.
The questions and answers provided on this page serve a purely informative purpose and are not a legal point of reference. Please consult the European Union Trade mark and Community Design Regulations or Trade mark / Design Guidelines for further details.
For more information about how the Office handles your personal data, please consult the Data protection notice