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Which country provides the fastest trademark approval?

Written by Jan Buza

Co-founder of Trama

BENELUX is typically the fastest trademark registration region, with average approval time of around 3 months for unchallenged applications. France is consistently in second place at approximately 3.5 months, with the EU and Norway at around 4 months, and the UK, New Zealand, Switzerland, Czechia, and Slovakia at approximately 5 months.

These averages only apply to applications that pass examination without objection and face no opposition, since contested applications take longer in every jurisdiction.

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