How do you register a trademark in Denmark?

Danish trademarks are registered with the Patent and Trademark Office that is the official Danish authority. Once a trademark application has been filed the Patent and Trademark Office examines whether the trademark applied for is distinctive and whether it might be misleading or in other ways in contravention with current legislation. E.g. it is not everybody who can use the designations "bank", "lawyer" or "pharmacy". Furthermore a trademark has to be suitable for separating companies' products from each other.

Therefore a trademark cannot describe the product itself and neither can it be a common term for the product. The Patent and Trademark Office also prepares a search report in which trademarks, company names and personal names which might be mistaken with the trademark filed for are listed. This search report is only intended as a guide.

In case there does not seem to be any hindrances for the trademark, it is registered and the registration is published in order to allow any third party to object to the registration. If an objection to the registration is not raised within 2 months, the registration is final. Even though the opposition deadline has expired and the trademark is registered, any third party can still apply for a cancellation of the trademark.

Once the trademark has been registered there is, however, a relative probability of not infringing third party rights by using your trademark.