TRADEMARKS
Clearance, filing, opposition and renewal — on the Sudanese register directly,
and across Africa through ARIPO, OAPI and Madrid.
- SCOPE
WHAT WE HANDLE
A mark is only as strong as the record behind it. We keep that record complete: the search that justified the filing, the specification of goods that survives examination, and the recordals that keep ownership clean when the business changes hands.
Most instructions reach us through the UAE desk or from a foreign associate. Either way the file opens the same day, and what comes back to you is the filing number — not a promise of one.
SERVICES
- Availability and clearance searches, by class
- Filing in one or several classes, to registration
- Convention priority claims
- Responses to official actions and refusals
- Opposition and counter-opposition
- Renewals, late renewals and limitation of goods
- Assignments, mergers, licences, name and address changes
- Customs recordal and gazette watch
- SEQUENCE
FROM SEARCH TO CERTIFICATE
CLEARANCE
We search the register for conflicting marks in your class and report before you spend on filing.
2–3 DAYS
FILING
Lodged on a simply signed power of attorney. Your filing number comes back the same week.
WEEK 1
EXAMINATION
The Registrar examines. We answer official actions and argue distinctiveness where needed.
MONTHS 2–6
PUBLICATION
Published in the Trademark Gazette. Third parties may oppose within the statutory window.
OPPOSITION WINDOW
REGISTRATION
Certificate issues for ten years. We diary the renewal and watch the gazette for look-alikes.
10 YEARS, RENEWABLE
- WHAT WE NEED
FOUR DOCUMENTS TO START
- Availability and clearance searches, by class
- Filing in one or several classes, to registration
- Convention priority claims
- Responses to official actions and refusals
GOOD TO KNOW
Sudan follows the Nice Classification. Each class is filed and priced separately.
Registration lasts ten years and is renewable indefinitely.
Late renewal is possible against a fine rather than a refiling.
- FEES
TRADEMARK CHARGES
Every trademark line from our published Sudan schedule.
ACTION
OFFICIAL
PROFESSIONAL
File a trademark application, one class, to registration (PER CLASS)
USD 103
USD 300
Search a mark in one class (PER CLASS)
USD 12
USD 75
Renew a registration, one class (PER CLASS)
USD 10
USD 450
Claim convention priority
USD 5
USD 30
File a petition to the Registrar
USD 5
USD 175
Certified copy of the Arabic registration certificate
USD 12
USD 75
Inspect a mark file
USD 15
USD 75
Late renewal fine
USD 17
USD 100
Opposition before the Registrar
USD 10
USD 450
Counter-opposition before the Registrar
USD 0
USD 500
Record a change of owner name
USD 12
USD 120
Record a merger
USD 12
USD 120
Record an assignment
USD 73
USD 160
Record a licence
USD 114
USD 170
COMMON QUESTIONS
DO I NEED A LOCAL COMPANY TO REGISTER A MARK IN SUDAN?
No. Foreign applicants file through a local agent, which is the role we perform. You need no presence, subsidiary or local partner.
CAN I INSTRUCT YOU FROM THE UAE?
That is how most of our work arrives. The UAE desk takes the instruction, confirms scope and price, and runs the file through Khartoum. You are billed and reported to from one place
SHOULD I SEARCH BEFORE FILING?
We recommend it. A search in one class costs a fraction of a filing and tells you whether the mark is worth the official fee. It also shapes the specification of goods so the application draws fewer objections.
CAN ONE FILING COVER SEVERAL AFRICAN COUNTRIES?
Through ARIPO you designate the states you want. Through OAPI one filing covers all seventeen
members as a single unitary right. Through Madrid you designate members from a basic
application. We price the routes against your country list before you commit