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trademark
15 posts
Rebranding and your trademark in Uzbekistan: what happens to the registration
Redesign the logo or change the name, and your registration still protects the old version. When you need a fresh application, what you can simply record, and how to keep priority.
Why a Descriptive Name Will Never Be a Trademark in Uzbekistan
“Natural Cosmetics”, “Fresh Milk”, “Fast Delivery” — the IP Center refuses these before it even checks for conflicts. The distinctiveness ladder and three ways out.
Suing for trademark infringement in Uzbekistan: the court route
Cease-and-desist ignored, counterfeits still selling? How a claim in the economic court works — interim measures, the similarity expertise, and what you can actually recover.
NICE class 35: why retail services don't protect your product
Class 35 protects the selling service, not the product. A clothing brand filing only class 35 leaves class 25 open. How to pick classes without gaps or ballast.
Parallel imports in Uzbekistan: can you stop grey-market goods?
Since 2017 the law has left trademark exhaustion ambiguous — courts and the antimonopoly regulator disagree. What actually stops grey imports in Uzbekistan.
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.