Legal basis is the Trademark Law, contained in the Andean Pact Decision 486 concerning industrial property, in force since December 1st, 2000.
Colombia is a member of the Andean Pact. According to the Andean Pact agreement, there are common rules in trademark law in all member states of the Andean Pact (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru). The international classification of goods and services consisting of 45 classes has been adopted.
Trademark protection is obtained by registration.
Registrable as a trademark are all distincetive signs that can be graphically represented, such as words, names, acronyms, letters, numbers, devices, emblems, holograms, combinations or shades of colours, three-dimensional forms, the three-dimensional form of a good or its packaging, sound marks, and any combination of the mentioned signs.
The following trademark types are registrable: trade marks, service marks, collective marks, certification marks and trade names.

The application is filed at the Patent Office.
A separate application has to be filed for each class.
Foreign applicants need a local agent.
A power of attorney duly granted before a notary public, together with the notarial certification as to the existence and representation of the company further apostilled, or legalised before the Consul of Colombia, will be necessary to complete a trademark application.
Foreign applicants do not need a domestic registration.
The application process includes a formal examination, an examination of distinctiveness and a search for prior trademarks. Signs not deemed distinctive in the examination can be registered if distinctiveness has been acquired by use.
The processing time from first filing to registration is approx. 8 months. when no third party oppositions are filed and no ex officio rejections are issued.
The first office action is taken after approx. 15 working days.
Prior to registration, the trademark application is published in the monthly “Gaceta de la Propiedad Industrial” for opposition purposes.

The opposition period is 30 working days from publication date of the application. Oppositions are also possible by owners of trademarks in other member states of the Andean Pact.

A trademark registration is valid for 10 years from the date of registration. The registration is renewable for periods of 10 years.

If the registered trademark has not been used for a continuous period of 3 years in a member state of the Andean Pact, it can be subject to cancellation action, started by any third interested party.

The official fee is approx. USD 315.00 (approx. EUR 225.00).

Search type	First class	Add. class
Word Mark Search (availability)	390,00 €	270,00 €
Word Mark Search (identical)	310,00 €	210,00 €
Extended Search (word mark, company name, domain)	830,00 €	270,00 €
Device Mark Search (availability)	440,00 €	310,00 €
Trademark Owner Search	390,00 €
Company Name Search	540,00 €
Domain Name Search (extended)
i-Search (word mark availability + legal opinion)	600,00 €	540,00 €

The Prices above are S.M.D. Markeur Search Fees