Unokwenza uphawu lokuhweba ngendlela ethile yokupakisha okanye ukufaka impahla yakho yenkampani njengento "yokwahlula." Ngokomzekelo, inkampani eyayithengisa ioli yebhayisilo kwiphakethe efana ne-swan ifake uphawu lokuthengisa.
Udidi lokugqibela lweempawu zokuthengisa "amanqaku okuqinisekisa," achaza impahla okanye iinkonzo ezihlangabezana nomgangatho ochaziweyo. Cinga ngoyilo lwe-Woolmark, umzekelo.
Ngaba Kubhaliswa Kwempawu Zokuthengisa Kuyimfuneko?
Ukubhaliswa kweMpawu yokuthengisa akuyona nto imfuneko. Ukusebenzisa uphawu lokuthengisa kwixesha elithile lenza u bunini bakho boshishino ngomthetho oqhelekileyo kwaye linika amalungelo athile okuthengisa. Nangona kunjalo, la malungelo awancitshaniswa namalungelo omnini-mveliso obhalisiweyo. Ukuba uphawu lwakho lokuthengisa alubhaliswanga, amalungelo akho ophawu lokuthengisa alinganiselwe kwindawo yendawo apho uphawu lokuthengisa luye lwasetyenziswa khona, kwaye uya kufuneka unobungqina bokuba ubunikazi bentengiso yakho enkundleni.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, xa ubhalisile uphawu lwakho lokuthengisa, uya kuba nelungelo elilodwa lokusebenzisa uphawu lokuthengisa lonke elaseCanada iminyaka eyi-15 (evuselelwe iminyaka eyi-15 ngelo xesha) kwaye uya kuba nelungelo lokuqalisa iinkqubo zokuphulwa komthetho kwiphondo okanye iinkundla zenkundla (nabani abanikazi beempawu zokuthengisa ezingabhalwanga).
Ukubhaliswa kweempawu zokuthengisa, ngokuqinisekileyo, ubungqina bokubakho kobunini bomnini-mveliso, ngoko ke ukuba kukho impikiswano malunga ne-trademark yakho, umthwalo wobungqina kumqhubi. Kwaye kunye nokubhaliswa kwe-trademark yaseCanada kungasetyenziselwa ukubhala phambili ekubhaliseni uphawu lokuthengisa kumazwe angaphandle .
Ngenxa yokuba injongo ebalulekileyo yamashishini athengisa ukubeka idumela lenkampani kunye nokuthengwa koluntu, kwaye idumela lingadinga ukukhuselwa ngamanye amaxesha, kubonakala kungenanto yokuba nephawu lokuthengisa elingabhalwanga.
Inkqubo yokuBhaliswa kweMpawu yoTywala
Isinyathelo sokuqala kubhaliso lwentengiso kukufake isicelo kwi-Office-Marks Office. Unako ukufaka ifayile yeSicelo seMatyala kwi-intanethi nge-CIPO (iwebhusayithi ye-Intellectual Property Office). Kukho ifom yeefom yesicelo sokuthengisa kunye neifom ezishicilelweyo ukuba ukhetha ukuzalisa isicelo kwaye uyithumele kuyo.
Qaphela ukuba ngelixa ungafaka ifayile yesicelo esekelwe "ukusetyenziswa okanye ukwenza iCanada, ukusetyenziswa kwamanye amazwe kunye nesicelo / ukubhaliswa, ukusetyenziswa okucetywayo eCanada, okanye nayiphi na inhlanganisela yayo," kwiimeko ezininzi kufuneka usebenzise iCanada ngaphambi kokuba inokubhaliswa (CIPO).
Iindleko ezisisiseko zokubhaliswa kweempawu zi-$ 250 (ukuba zingeniswe kwi-intanethi) okanye i-$ 300 ukuba zingeniswe nangayiphi na enye indlela nganye yomatshini wokurhweba esetyenzisiweyo, eyimirhumo engeyiyo yokubuyiswa. Ukuba isicelo sakho soshishino siphumelele, kuya kufuneka uhlawule i-$ 200 kwisatifiketi sokubhalisa. Ezi ziimali ezisisiseko zeburhulumente karhulumente kunye kwaye awuqwalasele iirhafu ze-arhente yerhwebo.
Inombolo yokuBhaliswa kweMpawu yoTywala: Khangela kuqala!
Ngenxa yokuba umrhumo wesicelo somhlaba wentengiso awubuyiselwa imali, kuyaqondakala ukuba usebenzise i-CIPO kwi-Canada ye-Danish Trademarks Database kuqala ukuba ubone ukuba kukho ezinye iimpawu zokuthengisa ezingafaniyo kunye nelo ofuna ukulibhalisa.
Ngoko wenze uphawu lwakho lophawu lokuthengisa (okanye ube ne-arhente yerhwebo yenza enye kuwe) kwaye ufake ifayile yesicelo sokuthengisa.
Emva kokuba i-Ofisi yamaMarhwebo afumana isicelo sakho sokuthengisa, isicelo sakho sithatha umhla wokufaka isicelo, kunye nenombolo yesicelo kwi-Office-Marks Office, leyo iqhubeka neenkqubo zovavanyo ezihlanu. Uya kufumana ukuvuma ngokusemthethweni ukufakwa kwelo xesha.
Okwangoku, i-Office-Marks Office, njengeCIPO (i-Canadian Intellectual Property Office) ichaza:
- Ukhangela iirekhodi zamashishini ukuze ufumane nayiphi na enye uphawu lokuthengisa olungangquzulana naloo ungenayo. Ukuba umntu ufunyanwa, uya kwaziswa.
- Uhlolisisa isicelo sakho sokuthengisa ukuqinisekisa ukuba ihambelana neemfuno zoMthetho weMpawu zoRhwebi kunye neMimiselo kwaye ikukwazisa ngeemfuno ezingenakuthotyelwa kwisicelo.
- Upapasha isicelo kwi-Trade-marks Journal, ekhutshwa rhoqo ngoLwesithathu.
- Ivumela ixesha lokuphikisa (imingeni) kwisicelo. Nabani na ongenako ukuhlawula i-$ 750, ifake ingxelo yechasana noMbhalisi. Ukuba kukho inkcaso, uMgcini-zobhaliso kwiHhovisi leMpawu zoRhwebo uya kuqwalasela ubungqina obunikwe nguwuphi na okanye zombini amaqela, kwaye unqume ukuba okanye ungayifuni isicelo sakho sokuthengisa. Kwimeko enjalo, zombini amaqela ayaziswa ngesigqibo nezizathu zokuba kutheni.
- Kucinga ukuba akukho ntshutshiso kwisicelo sakho sokuthengisa, uphawu luvunyelwe. Emva kokuhlawulwa kwemali yokubhalisa i-$ 200 kunye nokufakwa kwesibhengezo sokusetyenziswa kwimeko yesicelo esicetywayo sokuthengisa, uphawu lwakho lubhalisiwe, kwaye uya kukhutshwa isatifiketi sokubhalisa uphawu lokuthengisa.
Qaphela ukuba ukubhaliswa kweempawu kwi-Trade-Mark Office kukhusela amalungelo akho okuthengisa eCanada. Ukuba uthengisa iimpahla okanye iinkonzo kwamanye amazwe, i-CIPO icebisa ukuba kufuneka ubhalise uphawu lwakho lokuthengisa kwilizwe ngalinye.
Njengoko ucinga ukuba uyifunde apha, ukubhaliswa kwegama lokuthengisa kunokuba yinkqubo ende. Kwiimeko ezininzi, ithi iNational Intellectual Property Institute yaseKhanada, ubuncinane unyaka ingadlulela ukususela ngomhla wokufakwa kwesicelo kuze kube ngumhla wokukhishwa kwesitifiketi sokubhalisa.
Akumele ulinde ukuba uphawu lwakho lokuthengisa lubhalise ukuyisebenzisa, nangona kunjalo amalungelo anikezwe ngophawu lokuthengisa lukhulu kakhulu kunabo babanikazi bentengiso abangabhalwanga.