Exclusive intellectual property rights granted by the state as a result of trademark registration are confirmed by a certificate of Ukraine for a sign for goods and services.
The certificate is issued after registration of the trademark in the State Register of Certificates of Goods and Services of Ukraine and publication of information about it in the official bulletin “Industrial Property”. The validity period of the certificate is 10 years, counted from the date of filing the trademark application. The validity period of the certificate can be extended for another 10 years an unlimited number of times.
It is important to remember the territorial principle of trademark protection: the certificate is valid only in the country whose competent authorities issued this certificate. The certificate of Ukraine for a sign for goods and services is valid only on the territory of Ukraine. Therefore, if trademark protection is required abroad, other registration procedures should be used (see ).