Trademark registration in Georgia

The trademark office and official links

Trademarks in Georgia are registered by the National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia (Sakpatenti).

• Trademark office: National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia (Sakpatenti)
• Online filing: official e-filing portal
• Trademark search: official trademark database
• Law: Law of Georgia No. 1795-IIS of 5 February 1999 on Trademarks (as amended)
• Law: Instruction on Trademark Application and Registration (Order of the Government No. 5 of 19 August 2014, as amended)

Official fees in Georgia

Official office fees only (schedule as of 2026-10). Official fee schedule. Professional fees of a local firm are extra — compare fixed-fee packages.

How to register a trademark in Georgia

1. Search Sakpatenti's trademark database for earlier conflicting marks.
2. File the application with Sakpatenti, online or in person, completed in Georgian and listing goods and services by Nice class.
3. Sakpatenti examines the application as to form, then examines it substantively for absolute and relative grounds for refusal (within six months of the end of the formal examination).
4. If Sakpatenti decides to register the mark, the application data is published in the Official Bulletin of Industrial Property within one month of the decision.
5. Third parties may appeal the registration decision to Sakpatenti's Chamber of Appeals within three months of publication.
6. After payment of the registration fee, the mark is registered and a certificate issued.

Examination, publication and opposition

• Examination: Sakpatenti examines formalities (within 1–2 months of filing, according to its pages) and then absolute and relative grounds within 6 months of the end of the formal examination. On request, an accelerated procedure completes examination in ten working days.
• Publication: Official Bulletin of Industrial Property (Sakpatenti)
• Opposition period: 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).
• Typical timeline: Sakpatenti's FAQ outlines formal examination within 2 months, substantive examination within 6 months after that, publication within 1 month, and registration 3 months after publication once the fee is paid (roughly 12 months in total). The accelerated procedure completes examination in ten working days.

Protection, renewal and use

• Term: 10 years from the registration date, renewable.
• Late renewal: 6 months after expiry on payment of the renewal fee; after that the registration is cancelled and cannot be restored
• Use requirement: a registration can be challenged after 5 years of non-use.
• Rights system: first to file.

Filing from abroad

• Local agent: The Trademark Law lets an application be filed by the applicant or a representative and does not expressly require foreign applicants to use a local patent attorney; the application itself must be in Georgian.
• Power of attorney: A power of attorney is required when a representative files; the law sets no notarisation or legalisation requirement.
• Language: Georgian; a goods/services list in a foreign language may be attached if a Georgian translation is filed within one month of the filing date

Firms on TrademarksHub that cover Georgia can act as your local agent — see firms.

Madrid Protocol

Georgia is a member of the Madrid System (in force since 1998). You can designate it in an international application filed through your home office, or file a national application directly. A local firm can advise which route is cheaper for your classes and timeline.

Trademark classes

Nice Classification; goods and services are grouped by class in the application. One application can cover several classes. Not sure which classes you need? See all 45 classes or classes by business type.

How Georgia compares

• Opposition: 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). — compare all countries
• Renewal: every 10 years; grace period 6 months after expiry on payment of the renewal fee; after that the registration is cancelled and cannot be restored — compare all countries
• Foreign owners: not required — rules in every country
• Official search: www.sakpatenti.gov.ge — all search databases

Guides: registering in any country · costs by country · Madrid

Good to know in Georgia

• Electronic filing with Sakpatenti cuts official fees by 20%.
• Official fees are set in US dollars and paid in the Georgian lari equivalent.
• An accelerated procedure (requested at filing or within one month) completes examination in ten working days, but an accelerated registration can be cancelled if an earlier-priority application later conflicts with it.
• Instead of a pre-registration opposition, third parties appeal Sakpatenti's registration decision to its Chamber of Appeals within three months of publication.
• Well-known marks are protected without registration once the Chamber of Appeals or a court recognises them.

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