Trademark opposition period by country

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Most offices count the period from publication of the application. A few — including Germany — hold oppositions after registration. Some periods can be extended on request. Always confirm the exact date in the official gazette; a trademark watch service alerts you to similar marks in time. See how oppositions work.

141 countries and regional offices

Country / office	Opposition period
China	3 months from preliminary publication; reduced to 2 months under the revised Trademark Law effective 1 January 2027
United States	30 days from publication in the Official Gazette, extendable on request up to a maximum of 180 days from publication
Russia	No formal pre-registration opposition period. After an application is published, any person may file written observations with Rospatent until the registration decision (Civil Code Art. 1493).
India	4 months from the date of publication in the Trade Marks Journal (Rule 42)
Brazil	60 days from publication of the application in the RPI
European Union (EUIPO)	3 months from publication of the application
Türkiye	2 months from publication in the Official Trademark Bulletin
United Kingdom	2 months from publication in the Trade Marks Journal, extendable to 3 months by filing Form TM7A (notice of threatened opposition) within the first 2 months
South Korea	2 months from publication, not extendable
Japan	2 months from publication of the registration in the trademark gazette (post-registration opposition)
Iran	30 days from publication of the application
Mexico	1 month from publication of the application in the Gaceta; not extendable
Germany	3 months from publication of the registration (post-registration opposition)
France	2 months from publication of the application in the BOPI (filed with INPI)
Indonesia	2 months from publication
Canada	Two months after advertisement in the Trademarks Journal (Trademarks Act s. 38(1))
Australia	2 months from advertisement of acceptance
Spain	2 months from publication of the application in the BOPI
Argentina	30 days from publication in the Boletín de Marcas
United Arab Emirates	30 days from the issue date of the Official Trademark Bulletin
Saudi Arabia	60 days from publication; the applicant must reply within 60 days of notice of the opposition.
Italy	3 months (peremptory) from publication of the application; for international registrations, from the first day of the month after publication in the WIPO Gazette
Switzerland	3 months from publication of the registration on Swissreg (post-registration opposition)
Thailand	60 days from publication (reduced from 90 days by the 2016 amendment); the applicant has 60 days to file a counter-statement
Philippines	30 days from publication; extendable by the Director of Legal Affairs for good cause on payment of a surcharge.
Malaysia	2 months from publication of acceptance; the Registrar may extend by up to 2 further months
Singapore	2 months from publication in the Trade Marks Journal; an extension can be requested on Form HC3 within that 2-month period.
Chile	30 business days from publication in the Diario Oficial
Colombia	30 business days from publication in the Gaceta de Propiedad Industrial
Pakistan	2 months from advertisement, extendable by the Registrar by up to 2 months in aggregate (s.28(2)); the applicant has 1 month to file a counter-statement (s.28(4)).
Peru	30 days from publication (Decision 486); secondary sources state these are working days
Egypt	60 days from publication
Taiwan	3 months from publication of the registration (post-registration opposition)
Hong Kong	3 months beginning on the date of publication
South Africa	3 months from advertisement in the Patent Journal
Benelux (BOIP)	2 months from publication of the application (not extendable)
Morocco	2 months from publication of the application.
Qatar	60 days from publication (reduced from 4 months under the 2002 law when Decision No. 56 of 2023 took effect).
Kuwait	60 days from publication (not extendable)
Oman	60 days from publication; the applicant must reply within 60 days of notice of the opposition.
Bahrain	60 days from publication of the accepted application (GCC Trademark Law, Art. 14; stated in each Ministry trademarks bulletin)
Jordan	3 months from publication of the application (Law, art. 14(1))
Palestine	3 months from publication of the application (Art. 14 of Law No. 33 of 1952); the Registrar's decision can be appealed within 20 days.
New Zealand	3 months from advertisement in the Journal; extendable by 1 month without the applicant's consent or 2 months with consent (maximum 3 months in total).
Poland	3 months from publication of the application in the BUP
Ecuador	30 days from publication (Decision 486 art. 146); the office may grant one further 30-day period on request to submit supporting evidence
Uzbekistan	No formal opposition period is set by the law; interested parties may file written comments on bad-faith applications after the application is posted on the Ministry's website (in practice before the substantive examination, which starts no earlier than 6 months from filing).
Nigeria	2 months from publication of the accepted application (s.20(1) Trade Marks Act).
Kenya	60 days from advertisement in the Industrial Property Journal (extendable on application)
Bangladesh	2 months from the date of advertisement
Sri Lanka	3 months from publication
Portugal	2 months from publication of the application, extendable by 1 month
Sweden	3 months from the date of announcement of the registration (post-registration opposition)
Denmark	2 months from publication of the application
Norway	3 months from the announcement of registration (post-registration opposition)
Austria	3 months from publication of the registration in the Österreichischer Markenanzeiger (post-registration opposition; not reinstatable)
Czechia	3 months from publication of the application
Greece	3 months from the day after publication of the acceptance decision on the office website (Art. 25(1) of Law 4679/2020); time limits are extended by 30 days where the opposed party is based abroad
Romania	2 months from publication of the decision admitting the application
Hungary	3 months from publication of the application (or of its modification or division)
Ireland	3 months from publication in the Official Journal; cannot be extended
Belarus	No pre-registration opposition period was found in the law; registrations can be challenged before the Appeals Council, on relative grounds within 5 years of publication of the registration.
Iraq	90 days from the last of three consecutive publications (Article 11)
Tunisia	2 months from publication
OAPI (Central & West Africa)	3 months from publication (reduced from 6 months by the reforms in force since January 2022)
ARIPO (Eastern & Southern Africa)	3 months from publication in the ARIPO Journal; no extension is available
Ghana	2 months from publication (extendable by the Registrar)
Ethiopia	60 days from publication, extendable by EIPA by up to 60 days
Uganda	60 days from advertisement in the Uganda Gazette
Dominican Republic	45 days from publication of the application notice (Law 20-00, art. 80)
Costa Rica	2 months from the first publication of the edict in La Gaceta
Guatemala	2 months from publication of the edict (Article 27 of Decree 57-2000); the applicant then has 2 months to respond.
Panama	2 months from publication in the Official Industrial Property Bulletin; oppositions are heard by the commercial courts rather than by DIGERPI.
Uruguay	30 calendar days from the day after publication in the Boletín de la Propiedad Industrial; the period cannot be extended
Paraguay	60 business days, counted from the business day after the last newspaper publication (Law 1294/1998, Arts. 21 and 46)
Bolivia	30 days from publication; one additional 30-day period may be requested to submit evidence (Decision 486, Art. 146)
Venezuela	30 working days from publication
Cambodia	90 days from publication in the Official Gazette
Myanmar	60 days from the publication date
Azerbaijan	The law sets no pre-registration opposition period; a registration may be challenged on certain grounds within 5 years of its publication in the official bulletin.
Georgia	No pre-registration opposition as such: third parties may appeal a registration decision to the Chamber of Appeals within 3 months of publication in the Bulletin (or go to the Mtskheta District Court within 1 month).
Serbia	3 months from publication in the Intellectual Property Gazette
Albania	3 months from publication of the application in the DPPI Bulletin (not extendable)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3 months from publication of the application in the Institute's Official Gazette (not extendable)
Bulgaria	3 months from publication of the application
Croatia	3 months from publication of the application
Cyprus	3 months from publication of the application
Estonia	2 months from publication of the registration decision notice in the Estonian Trade Mark Gazette; filed with the Industrial Property Board of Appeal
Finland	2 months from the publication date of the registration in the Finnish Trademark Gazette (post-registration opposition; cannot be extended)
Guernsey	20 days from publication, according to the IPO's opposition process flowchart
Iceland	2 months from the publication date of the registration (post-registration opposition)
Jersey	2 months from publication, extendable by 1 month on request (per a law-firm summary; the period is set by Order under the 2026 Law)
Latvia	3 months from official publication of the registered mark (post-registration opposition, filed with the Industrial Property Board of Appeal)
Liechtenstein	3 months from publication of the registration (secondary source; the Office lists an opposition procedure among its services)
Lithuania	3 months from publication in the Official Bulletin (filed with the State Patent Bureau's Appeals Division)
Moldova	3 months from publication of the application in BOPI
Monaco	No opposition procedure exists in Monaco
Montenegro	90 days from publication of the application (secondary source)
North Macedonia	3 months from publication of the application in SOIP's Official Gazette.
Slovakia	3 months from publication of the application in the Vestník
Slovenia	3 months from publication of the application in the Industrial Property Bulletin
Botswana	3 months from publication; the Registrar may grant extensions, commonly 3 months
Cabo Verde	2 months from publication in the Industrial Property Bulletin, extendable once by 1 month (Industrial Property Code 2025, art. 19, general procedural rule)
Eswatini	3 months from advertisement in the Official Gazette (extendable by the Registrar)
Gambia	3 months from publication, extendable by the Registrar up to 9 months in total
Lesotho	3 months from advertisement in the Official Gazette (extendable by the Registrar)
Liberia	1 month from publication (Administrative Regulation LIPO/no.001/tm/01/2018, s. 17, per a law-firm summary); oppositions are to be decided within 3 months of filing
Libya	3 months from publication in the official gazette; the applicant then has 3 months from notification to respond in writing or the application is treated as abandoned (implementing regulations, Art. 15).
Malawi	30 days from the date of advertisement (Trademarks Act 2018, s. 10(1))
Mauritius	2 months from publication in the Government Gazette.
Mozambique	30 days from publication in the Industrial Property Bulletin, extendable once by up to 60 days on request (secondary sources; the 2015 Code cut the period from 60 to 30 days).
Namibia	2 months from advertisement in the Industrial Property Bulletin.
Rwanda	60 days from publication in the Industrial Property Journal
Sierra Leone	3 months from publication, extendable up to 9 months in total (s. 6(3))
Sudan	6 months from publication for residents of Sudan; 8 months for non-residents
Syria	90 days from publication
São Tomé & Príncipe	3 months from publication in the Intellectual Property Bulletin (one extension of one month may be granted)
Yemen	90 days from publication; the applicant must reply within 30 days of notice of the opposition
Zambia	60 days from publication of acceptance in the Intellectual Property Journal under the Trade Marks Act, 2023 (two months from advertisement under the earlier Trade Marks Regulations)
Zimbabwe	2 months from advertisement in the Journal
Afghanistan	30 days from publication in the Official Gazette
Bhutan	3 months from publication
Brunei	3 months from publication in the Trade Marks Journal
Fiji	Typically 3 months from publication (per the Office of the Attorney-General; statutory basis not verified)
Korea (DPRK)	Within 1 year of the application's filing date, against a filed or registered mark (Art. 24, 2008 text)
Kyrgyzstan	Third parties may file observations (a 'soft opposition') within 3 months after publication of the application; they are considered during examination
Laos	60 days from publication; the applicant has 60 days to respond, and a final administrative review can be requested within 60 days of DIP's decision
Macao	2 months from publication of the application in the Official Gazette
Maldives	3 months from publication; the applicant may respond within 3 months of notification of the objection.
Nepal	35 days from publication
Samoa	3 months from publication of the application (Intellectual Property Act 2011, s 53); the applicant then has 2 months to file a counter-statement.
Turkmenistan	Any interested person may file a reasoned objection after publication of the accepted application and before the registration date; no fixed number of days is set in the law
Antigua & Barbuda	3 months from publication
Belize	12 weeks from the date of first publication in the Intellectual Property Journal
Cuba	60 days from the circulation of the Boletín Oficial de la Propiedad Industrial (Decree-Law No. 203, art. 23); the applicant then has 30 days to respond
Curaçao	No pre-registration opposition; third parties challenge registrations through invalidity actions in court
Grenada	1 month from publication (Regulation 19(1)); extensions available on payment of a per-month fee
Honduras	From the start of publication until 30 days after the last publication in La Gaceta (Article 89); secondary sources describe this as 30 business days.
Jamaica	2 months from the date of publication (Trade Marks Rules, rule 12(9) and Form TM4)
Nicaragua	30 business days from publication in La Gaceta, extendable once by 15 business days; the applicant then has 30 business days to respond (Art. 16 as amended in 2020).
Trinidad & Tobago	3 months from publication in the Trade Marks Journal; not extendable

From the official sources listed on each country guide, checked in October 2026. Fees and deadlines change — confirm with the office or a firm before you rely on them.

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