Trademark Registration — South Africa

Protect your brand name, logo, and identity in South Africa fully handled by the Fashion Law Institute Africa's legal team and our qualified South African attorney partner, from search to certificate.

This service covers the complete trademark registration process with the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC), including:

✔ Availability & clearance search

✔ Application filing (Form TM1)

✔ Examination and correspondence with CIPC

✔ Publication in the Patent Journal

✔ Opposition period management (3-month window)

✔ Certificate of Registration (valid for 10 years, renewable indefinitely)

About This Service

South Africa is Africa's most legally sophisticated fashion market, home to established retail infrastructure, a thriving independent design community, and one of the continent's strongest IP enforcement environments. Protecting your trademark in South Africa gives you exclusive legal rights across the entire South African market and a solid legal foundation to pursue infringers.

By law, foreign applicants must appoint a registered South African attorney to file with CIPC. FLI Africa handles this entirely on your behalf, our qualified South African attorney partner manages the full process from filing to certificate, with no additional steps required from you beyond providing your brand details.

What happens after payment: Our team will contact you within 2 working days to begin the process and collect the information and documents we need. The full trademark registration process in South Africa typically takes 18 – 24 months with CIPC, in line with standard registry timelines.

What you will need to provide:

• Your full legal name or registered company name
• Your address and nationality
• A clear image of your trademark — word mark, logo, or combined mark
• The goods or services your trademark covers and the relevant Nice class
• A signed Power of Attorney authorising our South African attorney to act on your behalf (we will prepare this document for you)

Additional classes: South Africa operates a single-class filing system — a separate application is required for each class. If your brand requires registration in more than one class, please email us before purchasing so we can provide an accurate quote.

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