1. Intellectual property
  2. Register industrial property
  3. Register a trade mark
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Submit trade mark registration documents
(last modified: 31/03/2020)

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Timeframe ( ver detalles )

Espera hasta paso siguiente

0 mn  -  10 mn
30 days  -  90 days

Contact details

Entity in charge

Rwanda Development Board

KG 220 St, Kigali P.O Box 6239
Tel: 1415 / +250 727 775 170
Email: info@rdb.rw, investorfeedback@rdb.rw
Website: https://www.rdb.rw
Directions: Google maps

Unit in charge

Intellectual Property Division

Mon: 07:00 - 17:00
Tue: 07:00 - 17:00
Wed: 07:00 - 17:00
Thu: 07:00 - 17:00
Fri: 07:00 - 15:00

Person in charge

Kellen Twinamatsiko

Examination Analyst
Tel: +250 787 302 043
Email: kellen.twinamatsiko@rdb.rw

Expected results

Journal receipt notice

Requirements
Representatives

1. 01 - Libre deuda de patente
Payment receipt (original)
2. 01 - Libre deuda de patente
Application letter - TM registration (original)
addressed to the registrar general
3. Application form (trade mark)
Application form (trade mark) (original)
duly filled and signed by the company representative
4. 01 - Libre deuda de patente
Reproduction of the mark (Simple copy)
not exceeding 8cm of height and 10cm with 4 specimens
5. Nice Classification
Nice classification
6. 01 - Libre deuda de patente
Certificate of domestic company registration (Simple copy)
or certificate of incorporation from the country of origin if the company is foreign in which case the copy must be notarized
In addition, for an authorized representative
1. 01 - Libre deuda de patente
Proof of identity (original + Simple copy)
of the authorized representative (passport or national ID for a rwandan)
2. 01 - Libre deuda de patente
Power of attorney (an authentic copy)

Time frame

Attention at counter: Min.   10mn - Max.   20mn
Waiting time until next step: Min.   30 days - Max.   90 days

Legal justification

1. Law on the protection of intellectual property N° 31/2009 of 26/10/2009
Law on the protection of intellectual property N° 31/2009 of 26/10/2009
articles 142, 143, 144
2. RDB Public Notice - 17 March 2020
RDB Public Notice - 17 March 2020

Additional information

Applicants who do not reside in Rwanda must be represented by an authorized industrial property agent in Rwanda.

The registration officer will inform the client by telephone and/or email when the registration certificate is ready. Additional information may be requested in the meantime.

Who certified this information ?

Balise RUHIMA, Division Manager, Intellectual Property, 08/07/2016

Recourse: Rwanda Development Board

Entity in charge

Rwanda Development Board

KG 220 St, Kigali P.O Box 6239
Tel: 1415 / +250 727 775 170
Email: info@rdb.rw, investorfeedback@rdb.rw
Website: https://www.rdb.rw
Directions: Google maps

Unit in charge

Intellectual Property Division

Mon: 07:00 - 17:00
Tue: 07:00 - 17:00
Wed: 07:00 - 17:00
Thu: 07:00 - 17:00
Fri: 07:00 - 15:00

Person in charge

Blaise Ruhima Mbaraga

Division Manager
Tel: + 250 788 632 160
Email: blaise.ruhima@rdb.rw
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