DOCUMENTATION
Prepare the required documents – some may need to be notarised and legalised, which can take up to two months.
The documents include:
- Certificate of IP right ownership (notarisation and legalisation strongly recommended, and in the case of some Chinese authorities, required). Please ensure that you have sufficient copies of these documents as the IP office at a tradefair may well not have a copying machine.
- Notarised and legalised Power of Attorney (POA) in favour of the person seeking to enforce the IP rights at the trade fair.
- Photographic evidence of any alleged infringing products from previous fairs (where available), which are displayed at the trade fair.
PATENTS
- Patent certificate
- Text of published patent
- Documents certifying the identity of the patent owner (e.g. notarised and legalised certificate of incorporation appropriately translated)
- Confirmation of the legal status of your patent (that the patent remains in force)
- Official receipts that confirm that the annuities for the current year have been paid
TRADEMARKS
- Trade mark certificates
- Any renewals of the trade mark (if it is over 10 years since the original registration)
- Documents certifying the identity of the trademark owner
COPYRIGHTS (if registered)
- The certification of the copyright
- Documents certifying the identity of the copyright owner
