Recently I found interesting discussion on LinkedIn INTA Trademark Group - which country has fastest trademark registration process.
I made little summary according to that discussion and AGIP's Arab countries trademark table.
The time provided as follows is the shortest average period to obtain trademark registration and mostly counted without opposition period.
Benelux less than 1 week
Lebanon less than 1 week
Andorra ~1 week
Nigeria ~1 week
Switzerland ~3 weeks
Georgia ~3 weeks
Cayman Islands ~6 weeks
Ukraine ~8 weeks
Iceland ~8 weeks
Serbia ~8 weeks
Sweden ~8 weeks
Tangier ~8 weeks
Turkey ~8 weeks
Romania ~12 weeks
Denmark ~12 weeks
Djibouti ~12 weeks
Egypt ~12 weeks
Dominican Republic ~14 weeks
Mexico ~16 weeks
Italy ~16 weeks
Peru ~16 weeks
UK ~16 weeks
Morocco ~16 weeks
Singapore ~18 weeks
Germany ~18 weeks
Community Trademark ~20 weeks
Spain ~24 weeks
France ~24 weeks
Ecuador ~24 weeks
Belize ~24 weeks
Kenya ~24 weeks
Guatemala ~24 weeks
Algeria ~24 weeks
Panama ~28 weeks
Chile ~32 weeks
Qatar ~32 weeks
UAE ~36 weeks
Venezuela ~40 weeks
Jordan ~40 weeks
Saudi Arabia ~40 weeks
Kuwait ~48 weeks
China ~52 weeks
India ~52 weeks
USA ~52 weeks
Mauritania ~52 weeks
Oman ~52 weeks
Syria ~52 weeks
Yemen ~60 weeks
Bahrain ~64 weeks
Estonia ~64 weeks
Iraq ~72 weeks
Tunisia ~72 weeks
West Bank ~72 weeks
Gaza ~96 weeks
Uruguay ~100 weeks
Libya ~104 weeks
Pakistan ~104 weeks
Sudan ~104 weeks
Any comments?
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