DJIBOUTI

• Filing Requirements:

1. Power of attorney simply signed. A separate power is required for each application.

2. Copy of priority document if priority is claimed along with its French translation.

3. 12 prints of the mark for each application.

All documents must be submitted at the time of filing. 

• Time Frame:

The registration procedure lasts 6 months from filing to registration.. The opposition period doesn’t exist. The protection lasts 10 years from the application date.

• Requirements:

1. Power of attorney simply signed. A separate power is required for each application.

2. Copy of the final registration certificate or last renewal certificate.

• Notes:

Kindly be advised that The validity of the trademark registration in Djibouti is ten years as from the filing date..  Thereafter, a trademark registration is renewable for further consecutive periods of ten years each. 

The renewal fees of a trademark registration can be paid during the last 12 months of the current protection period.  According to the provisions of the Djiboutian trademark law, a grace period of 6 months with a lateness fine is allowed for filing a renewal application after the expiration of the protection period.

• Requirements for Recordal of Change of name/address:

1. A POA simply signed and sealed with the new address of the registrant, bearing the name and title of the signatory

• Requirements for Recordal of assignment, merger, or license:

1. A Power of Attorney simply signed and sealed with the official stamp of the assignee company.

2. Deed of assignment Duly Notarized and Legalized with sworn French translation.

• Notes:

The change of agent name and address is automatically recorded while providing a POA for the  service in question at no cost.