Filing of a trademark application

Published: 08.03.2021.
Updated: 19.07.2024.

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The average duration of the examination of a trademark registration application is 2-3 months. If the application meets certain requirements for fast track, the application is reviewed within 15 working days. Accelerated processing of applications that do not meet the requirements for fast track is available at additional cost. The trademark registration process ends in the 3rd month after the trademark registration, if no opposition has been filed against the trademark registration. The registration of a trademark is valid for 10 years from the date of application. At the end of this period, the registration may be renewed, each time for another 10-year period.

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A person (natural or legal) or an association of persons (if able to acquire rights and assume obligations, including to enter into transactions and to be a plaintiff and a defendant in court), who has filed a trademark registration application with the Patent Office.

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Trademark registration in Latvia provides its owner with the exclusive right to this trademark in the territory of Latvia. The service also applies to the registration of a collective and certification mark.

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1. Filing of a trade mark registration application

A trade mark application must be submitted. The application must include:

a petition for registration of a trade mark (completed trade mark application form), including a list of goods and services;
a representation of the sign applied for.

Only one trade mark may be applied for in one application. If it is necessary to protect variations of the mark, for example in a different graphical presentation, they must be applied for separately.

The application fee must be paid within one month of the date of filing of the application. If the application covers more than one class of goods or services, an additional fee is to be paid for each additional class.

The power of attorney shall be attached to the application if it is filed through an authorised person. The original copy of the power of attorney must be submitted and, where the power of attorney is applicable to several applications, a copy must be attached to each application separately. Professional patent attorneys may file an application without a power of attorney.

2. Examination of a trade mark application

The Patent Office carries out a preliminary examination (examination of formal requirements) and an examination of the trade mark itself. The Trademark Law sets out the grounds under which the Patent Office may refuse the registration of a trademark. All grounds for refusal can be found in Sections 6 and 8 of the Trademark Law.

During the examination, the Patent Office does not compare the mark applied for with other trade marks or other prior rights registered by others. The applicant is responsible for verifying prior rights. If the trade mark infringes an earlier right, the proprietors of the earlier right may contest it after registration.

3. Registration and publication of a trade mark

If a trade mark is declared registrable, the applicant shall be notified thereof. The applicant shall pay the fee for registration and publication of the trade mark within three months.

The notice of registration of the trade mark is published in the official publication of the Patent Office. The proprietor of the trade mark is issued a certificate of registration in paper or electronic format. When obtaining the certificate in paper format, the invitation from the Patent Office to appear for the certificate of registration of the trade mark must presented.

Trademark registration is valid for 10 years from the filing date. Registration can be renewed every 10 years, each time for a new 10-year period. The trademark may be renewed during the last year of its validity, paying the appropriate fee.

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Position	Price
Filing of an application for a trade mark	90.00 EUR
Filing of an application for a collective mark or a certification mark	150.00 EUR
Fee for each additional class of goods and services (one class excluded) in an application for a trade mark, a collective mark, or a certification mark	30.00 EUR
Registration of a trade mark, a collective mark, or a certification mark, including publication of the registration and issuing of a registration certificate for a trade mark, a collective mark, or a certification mark	95.00 EUR

We offer to complete and submit an online application form for registering a trademark in Latvia.

This is the fastest and simplest way of filing an application.

The application form includes the instructions and explanations on how to use it.

To be able to use this service, you must be authenticated with one of the authentication tools on the portal Latvija.lv.

You can interrupt the process of submission, save it to your computer and proceed with it at any time convenient for you.

The application fee, including the applicable 10% discount for immediate payment via Internet banking, is calculated automatically.

If the applicant chooses the option not to pay the application fee at the time of submission, the discount will not be applied.

The service is available 24 hours a day.

Information to be indicated in and materials to be attached to the application:

• data that allow to clearly identify the applicant (trademark owner). The applicant's declared place of residence must be indicated in the Address section;

• a sign applied for registration. The allowed file types for figurative trademarks are: JPEG, JPG, BMP, TIFF, TIF, PNG. The maximum size of an individual file should/must not exceed 15 MB. The recommended image size is 8 cm x 8 cm. The minimum image resolution is 300 DPI;

• a list of goods and services for which registration of the trademark is requested.

Before applying, it is recommended to search the Trademark Databases to make sure if the same or similar trademark has not already been registered in Latvia for the same or similar goods and services.

There is a fee for applying for and a fee for registering a trademark: Fees. The application fee depends on the number of the classes of the Nice Classification of Goods and Services. The registration fee is payable if the trademark is approved as registrable. If the trademark registration is refused, the application fee will not be paid back.

The registration of a trademark is valid for 10 years (and it can be renewed every 10 years), starting from the date of its application, if it has not been cancelled, declared invalid or revoked before this term. If the registration is cancelled, declared invalid or revoked, the application and registration fees will not be refunded.

The application can be submitted electronically, using E-service, E-address or e-mail address pasts@lrpv.gov.lv, if the application is signed with a secure electronic signature (if the application does not contain special categories of personal data), as well as in person.