General Information

Bendaña & Bendaña's Intellectual Property Law Department is comprised of knowledgeable attorneys in all aspects of Intellectual Property Law, including registration of IP rights, litigation and enforcement.

Language

All documents must be judicially translated into the Spanish Language, including any Notarial or Consular legalization in a language other than Spanish.

Power of Attorney

We provide a general form useful for trademark and patent applications. The Power must be authorized according to the Laws of the applicant's country. Consular legalization in required.

Priority

For Trademark applications, priority may be claimed along with the application for registration or within two months of filing. For each priority claimed a Priority Document must be filed before the Trademark Office (translated into Spanish before a Nicaraguan Notary Public). The Document must be filed within 3 months of the application date.

For patent applications priority may be claimed along with the application or within four months of the due date of the claimed priority. The priority document (translated into Spanish before a Nicaraguan Notary Public) must be filed within four months of the due date of the claimed priority.

Classification of Goods and Services

Even though Nicaragua is not a party to the Nice Agreement, our Trademark Law adopted the International Classification of Goods and Services (currently the 9th edition).