Re:Ask HN: Is a SaaS provider expected to have a trademark i...
by nl on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @07:33AM
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There's lots of bad advice in this thread. You should speak to an IP lawyer in your country.
Most of the time you can file for an international TM under the Madrid Protocol. But you can delay filing in most circumstances under the Paris Convention (generally for 6 months).
But you should consult a lawyer. It's very are for a startup SAAS company to file TMs in more than 3 or 4 countries.
Trademark doesn't provide a constraint on trade, and additionally most courts would find that "Notion" and "Notion Labs" are sufficiently different to not cause confusion (depending on the classes of TM each owns)
This is complicated and expensive, and depends on specific circumstances, as well as dates of filing.
Most of the time you can file for an international TM under the Madrid Protocol. But you can delay filing in most circumstances under the Paris Convention (generally for 6 months).
But you should consult a lawyer. It's very are for a startup SAAS company to file TMs in more than 3 or 4 countries.
Trademark doesn't provide a constraint on trade, and additionally most courts would find that "Notion" and "Notion Labs" are sufficiently different to not cause confusion (depending on the classes of TM each owns)
This is complicated and expensive, and depends on specific circumstances, as well as dates of filing.