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Guide

What to know before you register a name

The questions everyone choosing a name asks, answered with the rule in hand and the source linked. This is not legal advice: it is public information, dated, so you can check it yourself.

What it costs to register a trade mark in Spain and the EU

The figures below are official fees, not a quote. An attorney's professional fees are separate, and it is better that they stay separate.

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How to know a name is free before you spend on identity

Searching the name on Google and seeing whether the .com is free is what everyone does. It is also what lets through the problems that cost money later.

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Nice classes, explained without a lawyer

It is the idea that explains almost everything that looks contradictory about trade marks, starting with why your name can be taken and available at once.

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What happens when someone opposes your trade mark

An opposition is not the office refusing you. It is a third party asking the office to refuse you, which is a different problem with different exits.

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Registering the company does not give you the name

The registry said the name was available, so the name is yours. That inference is wrong, and it is the most expensive mistake of the whole incorporation process.

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General information based on public rules and fees, with the source and the date. It is not legal advice or an opinion on registrability: that needs a lawyer or a trade mark attorney.