How to file:

1. Register or login
2. Insert your word mark / Upload your logo
3. Enter applicant details
4. Select class(es), and (optionally) edit goods / services
5. (Optionally) enter priority details and upload priority document
6. Sign forms

   Notes:

   • Our system includes an e‐signing option
   • We don't require a hardcopy of the signed documents to be couriered to us
   • No commissioning, legalisation, notarization is required
   • All documents are lodged on filing. We don't late‐lodge documents
7. Pay US$199 by credit card

We will immediately file your South African trademark application, and email you the filing receipt (with the South African trademark application number) within a South African business day.

Prosecution:

Monitor the status of your South African trademark application online via your Dashboard.

Examination reports issued by the South African Trademarks Office will be forwarded to you by email. You can login into your Dashboard and request an opinion from our South African trademark agent S&Z Trademark Attorneys regarding how to respond to the examination report (US$70). Thereafter, our trademark agent can be instructed to prepare and submit a response.

A notice of acceptance should be issued within 15‐20 months of filing. This we will forward to you by email. Login to your Dashboard to instruct publication of Acceptance (US$70); and courier of the South African trademark registration certificate (Optional, US$110).

Need help?

Use our free phone support to connect with a South African trademark attorney (6am-2pm UTC) ‐ visit the Contact Us page.