Trademark Classes in Dominican Republic

August 14, 2012 By Technology & Intellectual Property

Trademarks in Dominican Republic: How the Nice Classification Decides What Your Registration Protects Two companies can lawfully own the identical brand name in the Dominican Republic — one for software, one for rum — because a trademark registration protects a name only within the classes of goods and services it designates. Choosing those classes is […]

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Recording Your Trademark with Dominican Customs

August 15, 2010 By Investment & Trade

Recording Your Trademark with Dominican Customs: The DGA Rights-Holder Registry Customs officers can only stop what they can recognize. That is the premise behind the Dominican Customs Registration of Owners of Intellectual Property Rights, created by Resolution 01-2010 of August 4, 2010, to facilitate the inspection and withholding of merchandise in customs transit suspected of […]

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