To obtain protection for your brand in Liberia, your trademark must be registered. This can be done in two ways:
- Local registration before the Liberia Industrial Property Office (LIPO) under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry; or
- Regional registration through the African Regional Industrial Property Organization (ARIPO) under the Banjul Protocol, which can grant protection in Liberia and several other African countries.
Registering your trademark in Liberia allows you to secure exclusive rights and to act more effectively against conflicting marks, including through cancellation actions where appropriate.
If you file a combined trademark (word + logo), protection is limited to the exact configuration as filed. If you want separate protection for the word or the logo alone, you should file additional applications for those elements independently.
Liberia is also a member of the Madrid Protocol, so you may extend an existing international trademark registration to Liberia via the Madrid System.