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European (CTM) Trademarks

A Community Trade Mark is a trademark registered in the European Union instead of an individual country.

The city of Alicante, Spain is the home base for The Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market of Trade Marks and Designs (OHIM) registering and administrating trademarks in the EU. The website is located here: http://oami.europa.eu/ows/rw/pages/index.en.do

CTM registrations are enforceable and active in all 27 states of the European Union. Objections can be made by any EU member resulting in automatic denial of a trademark application. It is cheaper to file a trademark with the CTM than it is with each EU state.

Current filing fees are 900 EUR to file online or 1050 EUR to file paper forms by post. Trademark submissions may be made by filing online, regular postal mail, fax at +34 965 131 344, or in person at the OHIM office during the times of 8:30 to 13:30 and 15:00 to 17:00.

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