Changes in regulations for trademarks
From 1 March 2023, amendments to the Trademarks Act and the Fee Regulations came into force. The changes are based on the EU's trademark directive, 2015/2436. Norway acceded to the Singapore Treaty at the same time. Below is a list of the most important changes the Norwegian Industrial Property Office has made to the website in this regard.
EU Trademark Directive 2015/2436
List of new pages
- Changes in the Regulations on Fees - from three classes to one
- Sound, motion, multimedia and hologram marks
- Position marks and colour marks
- Trademarks applied for in black and white or shades of grey no longer receive protection for all colours
- Innsigelser – varemerke (not translated yet)
- Administrativ overprøving av varemerkeregistreringer (not translated yet)
- Plant variety denominations
- Mortgaging trademarks
- Changes in rules on the renewal of trademarks
List of updated pages
- Fees - price list for trademarks
- Apply for a trademark in Norway – what does it cost?
- Deadlines for trademarks, collective marks and guarantee or certification marks
- Collective marks and guarantee or certification marks
- Preliminary Searches - Price List and Delivery Times
- Changes to an application or right
- Appeal Options - trademarks
- Extended deadlines
- Dividing and merging trademark applications
- Renewal / annual fees
Trademarks - rules and regulations
The revised legal texts are only available in Norwegian for the time being. We are working on translations into English.
- Varemerkeloven (lenke til Lovdata)
- Varemerkeforskriften (lenke til Lovdata)
- Betalingsforskriften (lenke til Lovdata)