Is anybody familiar with the procedure for international trademark registration? Our company has registered within Thailand and is now looking to register internationally. Any info is much appreciated.

Hi..I registered my poroduct in Thailand 3 years ago without a hitch. I enquired about international registration and the paper work and requirements

was incredible. I used Sunbelt Asia and they were very helpful. Maybe give them a call and get the right advice.

Good luck..

I enquired about international registration and the paper work and requirements

was incredible. I used Sunbelt Asia and they were very helpful. Maybe give them a call and get the right advice.

Good luck..

Thanks. I gave Sunbelt a call. According to them there is no international process, registration would be needed for each country separately. This would mean visiting their embassies to apply, alternatively they could fly to each country to submit the forms.

I didn't ask for a quote.

Sunbelt are not quite correct.

Firstly, I would recommend filing for US trademark. The US trademark has the most credibility worldwide but still only protects your mark in the US, although many people can be "fooled" with a US trademark elsewhere in the world...but a good lawyer will check.

Secondly, I would file for a European trademark via a Community trademark that covers the EU member states. It's the easiest way to get wide EU coverage. You could also consider the Madrid protocol for wider (but weaker) European trademark protection.

But expect to spend some money on decent trademark lawyers...

I would ignore the rest go the world as too hard.

You could also consider the Madrid protocol for wider (but weaker) European trademark protection.

But expect to spend some money on decent trademark lawyers...

From what I've read the Mardrid protocol includes the US and EU, along with dozens of other countries. Our company is small, however we sell worldwide so some protection is necessary. Any idea where one would find lawyers who could handle this and a guesstimate of their fees?

You could also consider the Madrid protocol for wider (but weaker) European trademark protection.

But expect to spend some money on decent trademark lawyers...

From what I've read the Mardrid protocol includes the US and EU, along with dozens of other countries. Our company is small, however we sell worldwide so some protection is necessary. Any idea where one would find lawyers who could handle this and a guesstimate of their fees?

Mixed, I have always used US based Trademark lawyers who secure US trademark and then handle the European filing secondary through their affiliates.

If we have had trademark issues in Europe we have generally used specialist trademark lawyers in Spain, so that's where I would look.

^ So do you think there's any hope of being able to do the process from Thailand?

^ So do you think there's any hope of being able to do the process from Thailand?

I would suggest researching the Singapore Treaty who are members in WIPO covering 26 countries including the USA/UK/Australia, my Canadian lawyer (non trademark) is suggesting our firm do Canada-Singapore in that order as we are a Canadian firm. She rambled on and on about non-American firms starting in the US could be problematic in the future in terms of disputes and fees.

http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/singapore/