What are the steps in obtaining a trade-mark registration?

Trade-mark registration usually involves:

• preliminary search of existing trade-marks;
• filing of your application with the Office of the Registrar of Trade-marks;
• examination of your application by the Office of the Registrar of Trade-marks;
• publishing of the application in the Trade-marks Journal;
• waiting period to allow for oppositions, if any, to your application;
• allowance of your application (if there is no opposition or if any opposition raised is decided in your favour); and
• registration of your trade-mark by the Office of the Registrar of Trade-marks.

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