Trademark merger in Afghanistan

Filing a Merger application for a Registered Trademark shall undergo the filing and publication stages for which the official fees are as below:

Requirement:

• A Power of attorney duly notarized and legalized up to the Afghanistan Consulate,
• A certified copy of the merger document duly notarized and legalized up to the Afghanistan Consulate ,
• A copy of the Registration and/or latest Renewal Certificate,
• Clear image of a device mark.

Note:

Any changes in the ownership must be recorded for all the trademarks falling under the same owner based on the Afghanistan trademark Law currently enforced.

Single Class/Multiple Class:

There will be no additional oficial fees for filing a Merger application for earch additional class.

Merger Application Procedure:

A Trademark Merger will undergo the filing and publication in the Official Gazette. the process may take form 3 to 6 months to complete Merger process.

Note:

Afghanistan Trademark Office will not issue a computarized certificate for any recordal application including for Merger application. instead, the recordal shall be endoresed on the original regisration or latest renewal certificate.

You can download a copy of the suitable Power of Attorney format which may be filled in the highlighted parts and proceed further with the notatization and legalization.

In the meantime, if there is no Afghan consulate or embassy in your country, its possible to legalized at the nearby countries where there is an active Afghan consulate or embassy. for any further clarification you can contact as via whatsapp or email.

One single PoA is enough to file any number of applications and can be utalized for the future renewals if no changes in the applicant's ownership detail.