HONDURAS
Lysaght offers a complete IP service in this jurisdiction, assisting clients in the registration, renewal, recordal and enforcement of their IP rights.
trade mark information
Types of Trade Mark
Classification
International classification;
Single class system;
Goods and services can be registered.
International Arrangements
Convention priority can be claimed.
Renewal
10 years from the registration date and every 10 years thereafter.
Use Provisions
Non-use of a mark for a period of 3 years from registration renders it open to an action for cancellation by third parties. However, a rehabilitation tax can be paid on an annual basis in any year of the current term of a trade mark’s validity that it has not been used. It is also possible to pay the rehabilitation tax in arrears in a lump sum, provided that this is done before the commencement of an action for cancellation by a third party.
Patent information
Types of Patent
Substantive with or without priority claim;
PCT national phase.
International Arrangements
Convention priority can be claimed.
Duration
20 years from the effective filing date.
Renewal
Annual renewal fees are due in respect of the third and each subsequent year from the local Honduran filing date, and must be paid in advance before each anniversary of that filing date.
design information
Types of Design
International Arrangements
Convention priority can be claimed.
Duration
Designs are registered for an initial term of 5 years counted from filing date, but this term is extensible through the payment of two additional quinquennial taxes for a maximum protection term of 15 years.
Renewal
Renewal fees are payable on the 5th and 10th anniversaries of the filing date.
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