📋 Whilst MyIPO and other IP offices around the world regulates for IP registrations, but these offices do not enforce the IP rights for you. It is entirely left to you as registrant and rights holder to enforce these rights granted by the offices to maintain what is rightfully belonging to you
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✒️ Once you’ve registered your trademark, it won’t expire, although you will have to pay renewal fees. Some brands that are so familiar in modern culture have been around for eons. Consider the following iconic trademarks:
🗂️ Coca-Cola was registered as a “nutrient or tonic beverage”
🗂️ After you’ve chosen a brand name and designed a logo, it’s important to take the next step and register them. Trademarks are valuable assets, and if you don’t claim them legally, another company may step in and use them. After spending time developing your business presence and reputation
💸 With the implementation of the 2019 Act, certain sections of the Trade Descriptions Act have been included in the 2019 Act which governs for offences pertaining trademarks. Depending on the status of the applicant, the fine for a bad faith application is penalize on a per goods/services basis