Nice classification, 9th edition (services since April 12th, 2004).

Registrable as a trademark are all distinctive and graphically representable signs, such as words, names, acronyms, letters, numbers, devices, three-dimensional forms and any combination of the mentioned signs. Well-known marks are recognised.
The following trademark types are registrable: trade marks, service marks and certification marks, collective marks and domain names.

The application is filed at the Trademarks Registry.
A separate application has to be filed for each class.
It is possible to file other similar trademarks as series trademarks in the same application.
Foreign applicants need a local agent.
A notarised power of attorney is necessary.
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 first office action is taken after approx. 9 to 12 months. The whole procedure from application to registration takes around 2 to 3 years.
Prior to registration, the trademark application is published in the monthly “Trademarks Journal”.

National:
The opposition period is 2 months from publication date of the application.

Opposition against designation of IR Mark
(The period starts from the national publication date, if not stated differently):
not a member of the Madrid Agreement or Protocol.

A trademark registration is valid for 10 years from date of application.
The registration is renewable for periods of 10 years. The initial registration of a trademark application filed prior to April 12, 2004, is valid for a period of 7 years. Renewals prior to April 12, 2004 were made for a period of 15 years from the expiration date of the original registration or from the last renewal of registration, renewals after April 12, 2004 will be done for a period of 10 years.

The grace period is 6 months from the publication date of the mark as non-paid case in the Trade Marks Journal.

If the trademark has not been used within 5 years from the date of issuance of registration certificate, it may be subject to cancellation upon request of any interested party. Subsequent use of the trademark can restore protection if no party has requested cancellation due to non-use in the meantime.

The official application fee for a trademark is USD 24.00 (approx. EUR 17.00) for one class and USD 24.00 for each additional class. The official registration fee is USD 71.00 (approx. EUR 50.00).

Trademark Licence Agreement
In Pakistan a trademark licence agreement has to be in writing. Licensing of unregistered marks is permitted, but it is difficult to record such licences as the law only recognises registered trademarks. A trademark may be licensed for some or all of the goods or services covered. The sale of a registered trademark automatically terminates the licence. There are no statutory provisions prescribing the terms of licensing.

Recordal
There are provisions in law for the recordal of a licensee with the Trademark Office. The recordal of a licence is voluntary in Pakistan but advisable to become effective against third parties. There is no time frame for a recordal and no prescribed content for a licence agreement to be valid. An application for recordal must be filed with the Trademark Registry on prescribed form TM-28.

Further documents are required for a recordal:
1. The licence agreement
2. An affidavit
3. A statutory declaration

All documents must be notarised.

Effectiveness
A licence agreement becomes effective and enforceable against third parties from the application date for recordal of the licence. Recorded licences are published in the Trademark Journal (electronically on the official website).

Infringement Proceedings
There is an evidentiary presumption that use of a recorded licensee is permitted use. The licensee may join the trademark owner in infringement proceedings. The registered user is entitled to call upon the registered proprietor to institute proceedings for trademark infringement. He can also institute proceedings in his own name if the proprietor refuses or neglects to do so. The licensee must cite the proprietor as co-defendant in any such proceedings.

Search type	First class	Add. class
Word Mark Search (availability)	260,00 €	210,00 €
Word Mark Search (identical)	210,00 €	150,00 €
Extended Search (word mark, company name, domain)	540,00 €	210,00 €
Device Mark Search (availability)	420,00 €	290,00 €
Trademark Owner Search	390,00 €
Company Name Search	340,00 €
Domain Name Search (extended)
i-Search (word mark availability + legal opinion)	390,00 €	260,00 €

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