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trademark
10 posts
Domain Disputes in Uzbekistan: Getting Your Brand's Domain Back
Someone registered your brand as a .uz or .com domain and sells fakes under it? Two routes to win the domain back — UDRP via WIPO, or a claim in Uzbekistan.
Well-known trademarks in Uzbekistan: status, procedure, protection
A regular trademark protects you in the classes you registered. A well-known one protects you across all 45. How to win the status at the IP Center, and what the evidence pack must show.
Challenging a trademark in Uzbekistan: the Apellation Council route
A competitor registered your brand first? A descriptive mark slipped through examination? The IP Center's Apellation Council can cancel the registration — but the clock runs hard.
Letter of consent for a trademark in Uzbekistan: bypassing refusal
IP Center cited a similar mark? A consent letter from the prior rights holder closes the refusal faster than a fight. When it works, how to draft it, what it costs.
Trademark monitoring in Uzbekistan: catch copycats before they register
Why brand owners pay 2-3 million UZS a year to watch the IP Center register. What slips through without monitoring, and why a month late costs millions.
Trademark assignment in Uzbekistan: contract, IP Center recordal, traps
Without recordal at the IP Center the mark has not moved — even if the money is paid and the contract is signed. What an assignment must contain, how the no-confusion rule works, what it costs.
Trademark clearance search in Uzbekistan: the algorithm and three conflict layers
Google catches 10% of conflicts. The IP Center register, Madrid Monitor, phonetic similarity and homogeneous classes — how to clear a mark in half a day and avoid burning 1.2M UZS in fees.
Trademark renewal in Uzbekistan: deadlines, fees, grace period
When and how to renew a trademark in Uzbekistan, what the six-month grace period buys you, and why a missed deadline can cost you the brand itself.
Trademark licensing in Uzbekistan: contract terms and IP Center registration
An unregistered trademark licence in Uzbekistan has no effect against third parties. What clauses your contract must contain, how to register at the IP Center, and the real cost.
IP Center provisional refusal: how to respond and save your filing
A provisional refusal arrived from the Uzbek IP Center. You have two months, six arguments that work, and one moment when fighting back makes no sense.