HowtoEditaTrademarkRecord–
TrademarkAgent
TrademarkClearinghouse
24/03/2016
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TableofContents
1. Introduction............................................................................................................................3
2. HowtoeditaTrademarkRecordwhensignedinasaTrademarkAgent...............................4
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1. Introduction
ThisdocumentwillprovideTrademarkAgentswithanoverviewofthestepsnecessarytoedita
TrademarkRecordintheClearinghouse.
ATrademarkRecordisonlyeditableintwospecificsituations:
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AfteraTrademarkRecordhasbeensubmitted,butnotyetordered(payedfor);
AfterthestatusofaTrademarkRecordhasbeensetto“Incorrect”bytheTrademark
Clearinghouse.
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2. How to edit a Trademark Record when signed in as a
TrademarkAgent
2.1. EditaTrademarkRecordbeforeordering
ToeditaTrademarkRecordbeforeorderingtherecord,theTrademarkAgentcanclickthe
TrademarkRecorddirectlyinthe“Orderoverview”asshownintheimagebelow:
AfterclickingontheTrademarkRecordtheTrademarkAgentcanselectthe“EDIT”button
andallfieldsoftheTrademarkRecordwillbecomeeditable:
Aftereditingthefields,theTrademarkAgentmustmarktheboxnexttodeclarationand
“UPDATE”,tosavethechanges:
TheTrademarkRecordcannowbeordered.
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Exceptionstothisprocess:PLEASEREADTHISCAREFULLY!
Pleasenotethatwhenyouchangethenameofthetrademarkrecord,thefollowingsteps
mustbefollowedtoaddthenewlygeneratedlabelsmanually.
Step1:
Ifyouchangethenameofthetrademarkduringediting,thefollowingmessagewillappear
inthelabelssection,asshownintheimagebelow:
Pleasenoteshouldyounotwishtoproceedwithchangingthenameofthemark,youcan
clickon“Revertnamechange”(asshownintheimageabove)toproceedwithyourformer
settings.
Step2:
Markthecheckboxandclickon“UPDATE”toupdatethenameofthetrademarkand
removetheoldlabels,asshownintheimagebelow:
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Step3:
Clickon“Edit”again,toaddthenewlabels,asshownintheimagesbelow:
ThelabelsmustbeaddedbasedontheICANNmatchingrules1,addingotherlabelsisonly
possibleviathe“Variations”functionality.
Aftereditingthefields,theTrademarkAgentmustmarktheboxandclick“UPDATE”to
savethechanges.TheTrademarkRecordcanthenbeordered.
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Specialcharactersmaybeomittedand/orreplacedbyahyphen.Inadditionthe&and@canbetranslatedinthe
officiallanguageofthecountryorcountriesinwhichthetrademarkisprotected.
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2.2. EditaTrademarkRecordwithstatus“Incorrect”
ToeditaTrademarkRecordafterthestatusofaTrademarkRecordhasbeensetto
“incorrect”bytheTrademarkClearinghouse,theTrademarkAgentmustclickonthe
TrademarkRecordinthemarksoverviewasshownintheimagebelow:
AfterclickingontheTrademarkRecordtheTrademarkAgentcanselectthe“EDIT”button
andallfieldsoftheTrademarkRecordwillbecomeeditable:
Aftereditingthefields,theTrademarkAgentmustmarkthecheckboxandclick“UPDATE”
andthensubmittheTrademarkRecordforre-verification,sotherecordcangetverified,
byclickingthebutton,asshownintheimagesbelow:
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Exceptionstothisprocess:PLEASEREADTHISCAREFULLY!
WhenaTrademarkRecordwasassignedstatus“Incorrect”becausethenameofthe
trademarkwasincorrect,thefollowingstepsmustbefollowedtoaddthenewly
generatedlabelsmanually.
Step1:
Ifyouchangethenameofthetrademarkwhileediting,thefollowingmessagewillappear
inthelabelssection:
Pleasenoteshouldyounotwishtoproceedwithchangingthenameofthemark,youcan
clickon“Revertnamechange”(asshownintheimageabove)toproceedwithyourformer
settings.
Step2:
Clickon“UPDATE”toupdatetheTrademarkRecordnameandremovetheoldlabels,as
shownintheimagebelow:
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Step3:
Clickon“Edit”againtoaddthenewlabels,asshownintheimagesbelow:
ThelabelsmustbeaddedbasedontheICANNmatchingrules2,addinganyotherlabelsis
onlypossibleviathe“Variations”functionality.
Aftereditingthefields,theTrademarkAgentmustchecktheboxandclick“UPDATE”and
thensubmittheTrademarkRecordforre-verificationbyclickingthebutton,asshownin
theimagesbelow:
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Specialcharactersmaybeomittedand/orreplacedbyahyphen.Inadditionthe&and@canbetranslatedinthe
officiallanguageofthecountryorcountriesinwhichthetrademarkisprotected.
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