Trademark Registration in Liechtenstein

It depends on where you are established. A party with no domicile, seat or establishment in Liechtenstein, another EEA state or Switzerland takes part only through a Liechtenstein lawyer or patent attorney. Advice and representation in IP matters belong to those licensed professions, so we prepare and coordinate while the licensed partner files and acts.

A party with its domicile, seat or establishment in an EEA state or Switzerland needs a domestic address for service in Liechtenstein, and no lawyer or patent attorney. The statute draws the line at the EEA and Switzerland together, so a Swiss applicant falls into this group as well.

Yes. Anyone may file a trademark application, and a domicile or establishment in Liechtenstein is not a condition of filing. The representation rule then decides who acts in the proceedings: a Liechtenstein lawyer or patent attorney, or only a domestic address for service, depending on where you are established.

The Office separates the routes. It describes an EUIPO application as protection in the member states of the EU, and it names the national filing and the Madrid designation as the ways to a Liechtenstein registration. Plan one of those two routes if you need protection in Liechtenstein.

An international registration with effect for Liechtenstein has the same effect as a national application and registration, so designating Liechtenstein can replace a national filing. No source we read makes a Swiss registration cover Liechtenstein: the shared territory with Switzerland exists for patents only. Use in Switzerland does count as use.

No. The Office examines absolute grounds and formal defects only. An earlier owner raises similarity by opposition within three months of publication of the registration. The mark owner then has one month to respond, and the opponent two months to reply. The parties can also ask jointly for time to settle.

No statute and no published figure fixes an examination time, so we quote none. The law fixes other periods: opposition within three months of publication, an appeal to the Government within 30 days of service, and a term of ten years from the filing date. We track each of these in your file.

The 2026 text of the fee ordinance sets CHF 400 for a filing with up to three classes and CHF 50 for each class after the third. Opposition proceedings cost CHF 800. These are official fees, paid in advance in Swiss francs. Our fees and the partner's are on request.

A registration is valid for ten years from the filing date and is renewed for ten years on request. The request goes in within the last twelve months before expiry. The Office sends a reminder but accepts no liability if it does not arrive, so we keep the date in your file.

A renewal request is still possible at the latest six months after expiry, with an additional fee of CHF 100. Further processing is excluded for the renewal deadline, so those six months are the outer limit, not a second chance after it. Diarise the twelve-month window instead of relying on the grace period.

After five uninterrupted years without genuine use, the owner cannot enforce the right unless there are proper reasons. The five years run from the end of the opposition period or, if the mark was opposed, from the day the decision ending the opposition becomes final. Use in the EEA or Switzerland counts.

A mark filed in an agent's or representative's own name without the owner's consent is excluded, unless the agent justifies the act, and the owner can oppose on that ground. Beyond this rule we state nothing about holding a mark through a nominee; the nominee mandates themselves are a separate service.

The register is public: anyone may inspect it and ask for information and extracts, and the Office of Economic Affairs keeps it. Its Online Register holds only marks registered and published in Liechtenstein. A register extract costs CHF 35 per mark under the fee ordinance.

Yes, and the effect equals a national filing. An applicant of Liechtenstein origin can have the Office transmit a Madrid request, for a statutory fee of CHF 200 besides the WIPO fees. Opposition against a Madrid registration designating Liechtenstein starts on the first day of the month after publication.

No. LGBl. 2026 Nr. 148 changes Art. 1a on person designations and the customs-assistance part. The articles on filing, opposition, renewal, non-use and representation stay as they were. The law takes effect on 1 July 2026, under the reservation of the unused referendum period.