Ten years from filing
The term runs from the filing date of the application, not from the date the registration was granted.
Renewing your trademark
A Panamanian trademark lasts ten years from the date the application was filed, and you can renew it for further ten-year terms.
You may file the renewal from one year before the expiry date until six months after it; in those six months your mark stays fully protected, but a surcharge applies.
A window of eighteen months
Renew from one year before expiry until six months after it. After that, the registration lapses by law.
B/. 134.00 per class
The official renewal fee for each class, plus B/. 10.00 for each month or part of a month if you renew in the grace period.
Renewal cannot change the mark
You cannot change the mark or add goods or services when you renew. You may shorten the list. To add anything, you file a new application.
Source: Law 35 of 1996, article 110
No publication, no opposition
A renewal is not published and cannot be opposed. It takes effect from the expiry date of the previous term.
Source: Law 35 of 1996, article 111
What you receive
DIGERPI orders the renewal by reasoned resolution and lists renewed marks in its official bulletin. A certified copy is issued only on request, for a fee.
Source: Law 35 of 1996, article 112, as amended by Law 61 of 2012
If we register or renew your mark, we track the window and remind you well before it opens.
Ready to protect your brand in Panama?
Send us your mark and the goods or services you sell. We reply with the classes you need and a fixed written quote.