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Guide
The following are ineligible for trademark protection and cannot be registered by the Office:
- Signs which are contrary to public order or decency.
- In the absence of express permission from the relevant authorities, signs protected by Article 6 ter of the Paris Convention, a list of which can be found on the website of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and which includes emblems of the Monegasque State and the Princely Family.
- Terms expressly referring to your goods and/or services.
- Signs including elements likely to create confusion in the mind of the public.
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Signs expressly describing the type, quality, quantity, intended purpose, value, place of origin or time of production of your goods and/or services.
Please note!
- Assessment of the distinctive character of figurative marks containing descriptive / non-distinctive terms:
- Assessment of the distinctive character of three-dimensional trade marks (shape marks) containing verbal and/or figurative elements where the shape is not distinctive as such: