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Norwegian Trademarks Act and Regulations

The following texts are translations of Norwegian Acts and Regulations. Should there be any differences between these translations and the authentic Norwegian texts, the decision will be made on the basis of the authentic Norwegian text.

• Norwegian Trademarks Act
• Norwegian Trademark Regulations

Classification

• Product Selector available in our Search Service
• International list of goods and services (Nice Classification) Link to WIPO's website

Norwegian Official Gazette

• Search the Norwegian Official Gazette

Other acts and regulations

• Regulation on Fees Regulation relating to payments etc. to the Norwegian Industrial Property Office and the Board of Appeal for Industrial Property Rights
• Industrial Property Office Act
• Regulations to the Industrial Property Office Act
• Employees' Inventions Act

Appeal options

• Trademark appeal options
• Company names appeal options
• The Norwegian Board of Appeal for Industrial Property Rights (KFIR)
• KFIR decisions in trademark cases

Forms - Trademark

• File new application with application guide
• File new application for trademark registration Use this form to file a new application for registration of a trademark or a non-conventional trademark. Link to Altinn
• Application for collective mark and guarantee- or control mark to NIPO Link to Altinn
• Madrid System Forms Link to WIPO
• Submit a written opposition to NIPO or KFIR (form in Norwegian only) Use this form to submit a claim or opposition to the Norwegian Industrial Property Office (NIPO), file an appeal against NIPO’s decisions to the Norwegian Board of Appeal for Industrial Property Rights (KFIR), or complain against a company name that is registered in the Business Register in Brønnøysund. Link to Altinn

To complete list of forms

Form - Responsibility mark

• New application for registration of a responsibility mark Use this form if you make and sell gold, silver or platinum articles that are stamped with a hallmark. Link to Altinn

Fees and payment

• Fees List of prices and fees for registration or application of trademarks, designs and patents, as well as other costs.
• Payment and renewals

International agreements

• EU Trademark Directive Directive to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trademarks
• Directive 2008/95/EC Earlier directive
• First Council Directive 89/104/EEC Earlier directive
• Madrid Protocol

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