Deadlines for trademarks, collective marks and guarantee or certification marks
List of deadlines for answering letters from the Norwegian Industrial Property Office in cases concerning trademarks, collective marks and guarantee or certification marks
Deadlines for trademarks, collective marks and guarantee or certification marks
Type of answer
Deadline
Reply to letter of refusal. (When we can not register your trademark or make the international registration applicable in Norway, for all or part of the list of goods)
3 months from the letter being sent by case officer at the NIPO. Deadline specified in letter.
Reply to letter concerning amendments to list of goods and services.
3 months from the letter being sent by case officer at the NIPO. Deadline specified in letter.
Reply to protest.
1 month from the letter being sent by case officer at the NIPO. Deadline specified in letter.
Reply to letter concerning opposition case.
2 months to respond to the provisional refusals based on opposition, from the letter being sent by case officer at the NIPO. 1 month to respond to subsequent letters. Deadline specified in letter.
Opposition in a national case: 1 month from the letter being sent by case officer at the NIPO. Deadline specified in letter.
Submit missing power of attorney before the trademark is registered or international registration is put into force in Norway.
2 months from the letter being sent by case officer at the NIPO. Deadline specified in letter.
Received a letter in which the NIPO states that the language requirements outlined in Trademark Regulations Section 6 are not met.
An incoming letter does not change the deadline. Deadline in the last letter received from the NIPO still applies.
Reply to letter in a compensation case 3 months from the date the letter is sent from the case officer at the NIPO.
Deadline specified in letter.
Reply to letter in a conversion case 3 months from the date the letter is sent from the case officer at the NIPO.
Deadline specified in letter.
Pay for one or more additional classes.
1 month after the letter is sent by case officer at the NIPO.
Appeal decisions or resolutions.
2 months from the date the letter is sent by case officer at the NIPO. Deadline specified in letter.
Request for administrative review
When the opposition time limit has expired, and after any opposition cases have been decided.
Deadlines in administrative review cases
First deadline for the holder 1 month. Subsequent deadlines for both parties are 14 days.
Particular deadlines for collective marks and guarantee or certification marks
Type of answer
Deadline
Reply to letter of refusal for a collective mark or a guarantee or certification mark. (When we can not register your mark or make the international registration applicable in Norway, for all or part of the list of goods)
3 months from the letter being sent by case officer at the NIPO. Deadline specified in letter.
Send in missing regulations for the use of the mark in national applications.
2 months from the letter being sent by case officer at the NIPO. Deadline specified in letter.
Send in missing regulations for the use of the mark in international applications.
3 months from the letter (Notification of Provisional Refusal based on an Ex OfficioExamination (to WIPO)) being sent by case officer at the NIPO. Deadline specified in letter.
The deadline falls on a weekend or public holiday
If the deadline falls on a weekend or a public holiday, the deadline is extended to the first following business day. More information about deadlines and time limits in the Regulation on Fees.
Deadline extensions and possibility of further processing