Macao company registration application process

The Intellectual Property Office shall, within one month after receiving the application, conduct a formal examination of the application, check whether the form of the application, the filling of the application form and its attachments comply with the provisions of relevant laws and regulations, and classify related products or services.

Supplementary application materials

If the information submitted in the application is incorrect, the applicant shall make the application meet the requirements within the time limit specified in the notice of the Intellectual Property Office. Or in the absence of notice, the applicant shall make the application conform to the existing regulations within three months from the date of filing the application.

The application was accepted.

If the application meets the requirements, it will be published in the second set of Macao Special Administrative Region Gazette on the first Wednesday of the following month. For example, applications submitted in one month will be published in March.

opposition

Any person may, within two months after the application for trademark registration is published in the official gazette of the Macao Special Administrative Region, file a declaration of opposition to the application for registration. A copy of the honorary objection will be sent to the applicant, and the applicant shall reply in the form of a reply within one month from the date of receiving the notice. Both parties can provide evidence for or against the application within a certain period of time. After the expiration of the objection period, the Intellectual Property Office will conduct a review and analysis and make a decision on whether to approve the registration.