Trademark

A trademark, provided that it is capable of distinguishing the goods and services of one undertaking from the goods and services of other undertakings, may consists of all kinds of signs being represented graphically such as words, including personal names, designs, letters, numerals, shape of the goods or their packaging and similarly descriptive means capable of being published and reproduced by printing.

Types of trademarks are:

a) Collective Marks:  They are owned by an organization (such as an association), whose members use them to identify themselves with a level of quality or accuracy, geographical origin, or other characteristics set by the organization.

b) Guarantee Marks: A guarantee mark, under the control of the proprietor of the mark, serves the purpose of the guaranteeing the common characteristics of the undertakings, production methods, geographical sign and quality of those undertakings.

c) Trade Marks: A trademark is a sign that serves the purpose of distinguishing the goods produced and/or traded by an undertaking from the goods of other undertakings

d) Service Marks: Name and symbols which are used by the companies in the service sector.