Trademark registration: Cyprus and EU
We will register your trademark in Cyprus and the European Union: we pick the route to match your markets, build the list of goods and services, file the application and see it through to the certificate.
When you need to register a trademark
Cyprus — €129 for the first class · EUIPO — €850 for the first class · Term — 10 years · EU opposition — 3 months from publication
You are entering the European Union market
Trademark rights are territorial: a Cyprus registration works in Cyprus only, an EU registration covers all 27 member states at once. We pick the route from your markets.
Your name or logo is already being copied
While the mark is unregistered, stopping copies is hard: the case rests on reputation and evidence of use rather than on a certificate of your own.
A platform asks for proof of rights
Marketplaces and app stores ask for a trademark document: Amazon for brand registration, app stores in disputes over the name of your product.
You already hold a mark and need to expand
An international application under the Madrid System designates several countries at once, based on your home registration. Useful when your markets lie outside the EU.
The mark is registered but not in use
A mark not put to genuine use for five years, for the goods it covers, can be revoked. So we build the list of classes around the products you really sell.
What you get
- The trademark registration certificate
- The mark entered in the public register
- A clearance search across Cyprus, EUIPO and international databases
- A goods and services list built around your products
- A renewal calendar covering the full ten years
What is required to register a trademark
National applications are handled by the Intellectual Property Section of the Department of Registrar of Companies and Intellectual Property of Cyprus.
Applications for a European Union trademark go to the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), while international applications run through the World Intellectual Property Organization.
What has to be prepared
- The applicant: the company or individual in whose name the mark is registered.
- The representation of the mark: a word, a logo, a combined mark or another form open to registration.
- The list of goods and services under the Nice Classification; its thirteenth edition applies from 1 January 2026.
- The choice of classes: the number of classes drives the fee directly.
- Payment of the fees on filing — an unpaid application is not examined.
- A power of attorney for the representative, where we file on your behalf.
What has to be checked before filing
- Whether the sign is free: searches of the Cyprus register, the EUIPO database and international databases.
- Whether absolute grounds stand in the way: descriptiveness, lack of distinctive character, deceptiveness.
- Whether the list of goods and services matches what you actually sell — that determines how the mark holds up after five years.
How the budget adds up
- One class in Cyprus costs €129 and one class in the European Union €850, but the Cyprus fee covers a single country while the EU fee covers all twenty-seven.
- A second class in an EU application adds €50, and the third and each further class €150: two classes in the EU come to €900.
- Separate national filings in several EU countries usually cost more than one EU application: local representatives and translations come on top of the fees.
- The table shows the fees for an ordinary mark; collective and certification marks carry separate rates.
- An international application is priced differently: the basic fee plus the fees of the designated countries, some of which set their own rates.
Timelines and legal framework
- Opposition to an EU trademark application is filed within three months of the application being published — a rule of the EU trademark regulation.
- A mark runs for ten years from the filing date and can be renewed an unlimited number of times.
- An EU trademark has unitary character: it cannot be registered or cancelled for part of the Union, only for all of it.
- The flip side of that unity: a successful opposition in one country blocks the application everywhere. The application can then be converted into national ones.
Fees per class
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Cyprus, first class (online) | €129 |
| Cyprus, each further class (online) | €94 |
| Cyprus, first class (paper) | €141 |
| Cyprus, each further class (paper) | €102 |
| EUIPO, basic fee (electronic) | €850 |
| EUIPO, basic fee (paper) | €1,000 |
| EUIPO, second class | €50 |
| EUIPO, third and each further class | €150 |
Sources: Cyprus fees — national trademark application form, Intellectual Property Section; EUIPO fees — Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2017/1001.
FAQ
What happens to an EU application if opposition is filed in just one country?
An EU trademark has unitary character: it is registered and cancelled as a whole. A successful opposition in one country therefore blocks the application across the entire Union.
The application can then be converted into national ones in the countries where no obstacle stands. That is a separate procedure with its own fees at each office.
A trademark is not the only right a company holds: software and patents also carry a tax benefit, while brands do not qualify for the IP Box regime. If there is no Cyprus company yet, everything starts with incorporating one.
Stages of work
Register searches — 2–3 working days.
We will check your sign against the Cyprus register, the EUIPO database and international databases, and assess the risk of a clash with earlier marks and of opposition.
List of goods and services — 2–3 working days.
We build the Nice classes around your products: too narrow a list leaves gaps, too wide a list raises the fee and weakens the mark after five years.
Choice of route and filing.
Cyprus, the European Union or an international application — we will do the arithmetic on classes and countries, prepare the documents and file, paying the fees.
Where your markets split into European and non-European, the routes combine: an EU filing as the base and an international one on top.
Examination and publication.
The office examines the application on absolute grounds and publishes it, and we answer the examiner's queries and objections. This is the stage at which wording in the list is narrowed.
Opposition period — three months from publication.
We will watch for third-party oppositions and, if one arrives, prepare the position and run the case. An opposition does not mean automatic refusal: many disputes close with a coexistence agreement.
Registration and certificate.
We will obtain the certificate and hand it to you together with the register data — platforms and partners ask for both. The mark becomes visible in the public databases where counterparties check it.
Renewal and monitoring — across the full ten years.
We will track the renewal date, watch for similar applications and make sure use of the mark is backed by documents: invoices, advertising, store pages.
The rest of our Cyprus services are collected on the jurisdiction page: incorporation, bank accounts, corporate tax and BCS status.
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