{"id":6841,"date":"2012-01-19T06:36:50","date_gmt":"2012-01-19T05:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.protectia.eu\/ctm\/"},"modified":"2023-05-09T06:59:53","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T06:59:53","slug":"ctm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.protectia.eu\/en\/ctm\/","title":{"rendered":"CTM: 27 European countries, just one application"},"content":{"rendered":"

The major advantage of the Community Trade Mark (CTM) is that makes possible the uniform identification of products and services<\/strong> by your company throughout the European Union (EU).<\/p>\n

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CTM Processing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A single application, in a single language filed before a single Office<\/strong> (Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM)) allows registering trademarks which will benefit from unitary protection and be fully applicable in every part of the Community.<\/p>\n

It will ease the management of your trademark portfolio in the EU and it is a fast registration procedure<\/strong> (6-8 months), at a reasonable cost.<\/p>\n

Keep in mind that use in one country is enough<\/strong>. Therefore, it can be the beginning for a future expansion of your business. The CTM opens the gate to a single and broad market with more than 500 million consumers,<\/strong> which is one of the largest and wealthiest markets in the world.<\/p>\n

Therefore, it gives you a defensive position as it entitles you to prohibit third parties from using the registered CTM anywhere in the EU (the use must take place in the first 5 years of registration; otherwise it could be cancelled by a third party).<\/p>\n

CTM. Essential functions<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The CTM gives you 3 essential functions in European level:<\/p>\n