Protect your business by registering your brands officially with the local trademark office of Croatia. Once registered, you can enforce your legal rights over the trademark and prevent others from using it in Croatia.
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Search prices
First class $100 - Each additional class $90
Searches for a trademark’s figurative elements (logo) are not available. The search will only be for the trademark’s verbal elements.
Application prices
First class $490 - Each additional class $150
Final fee for registration
First class $400 - Each additional class $350
This payment will only be due in case of successful registration.
The average application process takes 10 months.
This is an estimated process time for straightforward cases based on current timeframes for applications. It may vary considerably.
An original signed power of attorney document.
In Croatia, trademark registration is mandatory to be granted rights over a trademark, as it is a "first to file" jurisdiction. Extensive use of an unregistered mark can prevent the use or registration of a similar mark by a third party, but would not grant actual rights over the trademark.
To obtain trademark protection in Croatia, one can register either locally via the State Intellectual Property Office of Croatia (DZIV), or regionally by filing a European Union Trademarks (EUTM) which grants protection in the whole European Union.
Croatia is also a member state to the Madrid Protocol. Thus, the extension of an international registration of a trademark via the Madrid System is possible for this country. We offer services for trademark filing through the Madrid System.
It is not necessary for a trademark to be in use at the time of application or registration. However, prior use may be useful as it can help overcome an objection raised on the grounds of lack of distinctiveness.
If you register a combined trademark (which includes both word elements and figurative elements) in Croatia, the exclusive right to use the trademark is limited to a use of the trademark is limited to a use of the trademark in the exact configuration or way in which it was filed and registered. If you wish to use the word element of your trademark separately from the logo (or vice versa), it is recommended you register for another trademark including only the word or figurative elements you wish to use and protect separately.
Nevertheless, if a third party eventually intends to register or use a trademark for similar goods or services that includes a primary or distinct part or portion of your trademark, you will have the right to oppose the application based on confusing similarity.
Opposition actions can be filed against a trademark application during a period of three (2) months following the publication in the Croatian Intellectual Property Gazette. The probabilities of success for an opposition will vary in each case depending on the circumstances.
Although prior use of a trademark is not a requirement for registration, if a registered trademark is not used in Croatia during a period of five (5) years, it will become vulnerable to cancellation actions for non-use.
Registered trademarks in Croatia have a validity of ten (10) years from the application date. They can then be renewed indefinitely for successive periods of ten (10) years. The trademark renewal can be requested as early as twelve (12) months before the expiration date as well as during a grace period of six (6) months after it, upon payment of additional fees for late renewal.
