Co-Existence Agreement

Expertly crafted agreements that meet your unique needs and protect your intellectual property. With our service, businesses can establish a secure and cooperative partnership, minimizing the risk of conflict and maximizing collaboration.

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When a business faces the possibility of conflict and confusion due to similar names, logos or trademarks, it has a few options. One option is to do nothing and hope for the best. While this may not cause problems for some businesses, it's not recommended for growing businesses or those that want to avoid commercial risks.

Another option is to take legal action, where the owner of an earlier mark can oppose a later mark's registration or seek legal relief if the later mark is used. Even if the earlier mark owner chooses not to take legal action, the later business may still seek a declaration from a court that its name or logo does not infringe on earlier rights. The third option is for the businesses to discuss the potential problems and see if they can come to an agreement on how to prevent them from happening. This approach is known as coexistence.

When to Enter into an Agreement

A coexistence agreement can iron out a lot of uncertainties and difficulties before they occur. This may arise:

if you are aware that another business is trading, or about to do so, in a way that might confuse your customers or damage your business
if you are worried that someone else is seeking to register a trade mark that might make it difficult for you to continue or expand your business

The same considerations may apply if a bigger business is selling off a subsidiary or broken up into smaller units, each of which wants to be able to make some use of the original business name.

As a rule of thumb, whenever you think that you might at some stage want to sue someone for using your:

Name
Trademark,
Goodwill
Business get-up

Or whenever you think that they might want to sue you for the same reason, a coexistence agreement may be a good idea.

When Not to Enter into an Agreement

In principal, coexistence agreements enable businesses to protect their own legal interests and shape their own commercial destiny, rather than leaving disputed matters to a court ruling that may be expensive, unfavourable and slow in coming. But you should not enter into a coexistence agreement in the following situations:

if you have not yet sorted out your own business plan (since you may find that you have unduly limited the natural scope for expanding your business)
if you cannot understand its terms and they have not been clearly explained to you
if you do not own, or have no absolute right to control, the rights that you are agreeing not to enforce

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Frequently Asked Questions!

When should we consider trademark protection for your brand?

Anybody introducing a new brand identity or planning on offering newly branded services or products should take the necessary steps to protect their trademark.

How long will the registration process take?

The answer to this question will differ from agency to agency and based on staffing changes and enhanced technologies at the United States Patent and Trademark Office. If you’re asking us specifically, you can count on the entire application process to take from 6 to 9 months.

How long will the federal trademark registration last?

It can take up to 10 years. Also, the registration can easily be renewed so long as you have made sure to maintain an uninterrupted use of your trademark in interstate commerce.

When can I use the ® symbol?

If you have a federally registered trademark, you will be able to use the ® symbol. For every other mark, whether unregistered or registered, you will not be required to add a designation. However, we always advise mark owners to attach the ‘SM’ or ‘TM’ symbol to tell the industry that your company name, logo, or symbol is proprietary to your services or goods.

What are my chances of achieving a trademark registration?

We always tell our clients that we aren’t ‘oddsmakers’. In other words, you get exactly what you pay for. Our teams are skilled in improving the likelihood of your success. They perform clearance to search for similar trademarks before sending out an application and picking a highly distinctive mark.

What is your your trademark registration process?

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Submit Your Trademark Information

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Select Your Service & Make the Payment

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Thorough Evaluation & Trademark Filing

To ensure that your trademark is completely unique, our team conducts a thorough trademark search across numerous databases and then file your trademark with UKIPO.