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Trademark Registration in Belarus
Registering a trademark in Belarus allows you to secure exclusive rights to your brand and protect it from unauthorized use in the local market.
Moscow Patent Service provides a full range of trademark services in Belarus, including:
We represent clients before the Belarusian Patent Office and ensure an efficient and cost-effective registration process.
Requirements for Trademark Registration
According to Belarusian trademark legislation, designations that are identical or confusingly similar to earlier registered or filed trademarks for similar goods and/or services cannot be registered.
To assess potential risks before filing an application, we recommend conducting a trademark availability search.
You may:
Information and Documents Required
To file a trademark application in Belarus, the following information is required:
Trademark Registration Procedure in Belarus
The trademark registration process consists of several stages:
1. Preliminary examination
Conducted within approximately 2–4 months after filing. The Trademark Office checks whether all required documents and official fees have been submitted and paid. If the application meets filing requirements, corresponding notification is issued.
2. Substantive examination
Usually takes 5–6 months (legally up to 24 months). The examiner evaluates whether the trademark meets the legal requirements for protection.
3. Decision and registration
If the trademark meets the requirements, a decision on registration is issued. On condition that a trademark meets the requirements of protectability, the decision about registration is issued, which means that the official registration fee should be duly paid to the Trademark Office.
The certificate of registration is typically issued within 2–3 months after payment.
In case the substantive examination finds any obstacles for registration, a provisional refusal in trademark registration is issued, which may be appealed within further 3 months.
In practice, a smooth registration process takes approximately 12 months.
Representation of Foreign Applicants
Foreign applicants must be represented by a registered Belarusian trademark attorney when filing and prosecuting trademark applications.
Our patent attorneys represent clients throughout the entire procedure.
Possible Oppositions and Cancellation
Opposition period against trademark application is not stipulated in Belarus. However, an informational letter containing arguments against trademark registration can be filed to the Trademark Office within the whole examination period in order to draw examiner's attention to non-compliance of the applied mark with protectability requirements.
Interested parties may also file cancellation requests after trademark registration, namely:
Trademark Validity and Renewal
A trademark in Belarus is valid for 10 years from the filing date and may be renewed indefinitely for further 10-year periods.
Renewal may be filed:
Reinstatement after the grace period is not possible.
Required documents for renewal:
Signed and stamped original of a Power of Attorney.
Address of the trademark holder, name and position of the signatory, date and place of signing should be indicated. In case the document is signed not by top-manager (other than Director/President/Chairman/CEO etc.), the document (original or notarized copy) confirming the authority of the signatory to sign on behalf of the company must be provided.