Register where you sell
Trademark & Brand Registration in Seychelles
Most Seychelles companies trade everywhere except Seychelles. A Seychelles trademark protects only Seychelles.
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Incorporation and protection are different maps
An International Business Company is typically formed here and operates elsewhere. A trademark follows the territory, not the company: filing in Seychelles gives you rights in Seychelles and nowhere else. If your customers are in Europe, Africa or Asia, that is where the filings belong — and we would rather tell you that than take a fee for a registration that protects nothing you sell.
- Protection mapped to your sales territories, not your registry
- Seychelles filing recommended only where it actually helps
- Co-ordination of filings in the markets that matter
20+
Mainland, free zone and offshore jurisdictions we file in — so the recommendation is based on your activity, not on which authority we happen to be registered with.
7,000+
Companies successfully established.
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Where protection is needed
Matching filings to where you trade
The company’s domicile is rarely the answer.
| Situation | Where to file |
|---|---|
| Selling into Seychelles | Seychelles — a national filing is appropriate. |
| Selling into Europe | A filing covering those markets. |
| Selling across Africa | The relevant national or regional systems. |
| Selling in Asia | Country-by-country filings. |
| Holding IP for licensing | Where licensees exploit the brand. |
| Online sales worldwide | Your main revenue markets, prioritised. |
Protection is territorial and each country applies its own rules, classification and procedures. A Seychelles registration has effect in Seychelles only. A licensed registered agent makes the regulated filings for an International Business Company, and its own licence depends on doing that properly.
How it works
Protecting the brand properly
Sales map first, filings second.
01
Map the revenue
Where your customers and licensees actually are, and which of those markets carry real infringement risk.
02
Prioritise filings
Protection prioritised by revenue and risk rather than filed everywhere, with Seychelles included only if you trade here.
03
File and co-ordinate
The Seychelles element handled by us, with filings elsewhere co-ordinated through local counsel in those markets.
- The mark exactly as used
- Logo artwork to specification
- Countries where you generate revenue
- Share of revenue by country
- Whether you license the brand to others
- Where licensees operate
- Full list of goods and services
- Registrations already held anywhere
- Any infringement already encountered
- Whether you sell online and where you ship
- Budget available for protection
- Which markets matter most commercially
Scope
What is included, and what is not
Stated plainly, so nothing is added once the engagement starts.
Included in the service fee
- Advice on where protection is actually needed
- Seychelles register search where a filing here is appropriate
- Seychelles filing and prosecution
- Classification advice
- Co-ordination with counsel in other markets
- Guidance on licensing documentation
- Honest advice where a Seychelles filing would not help
- Renewal tracking for the Seychelles right
Not included, quoted separately
- Registry fees, paid at cost
- Filings outside Seychelles, quoted separately
- Foreign counsel fees
- Searches in other countries
- Logo and brand design
- Opposition proceedings, quoted separately
- Enforcement and litigation
- Licence agreements drafted by a lawyer
Verify independently
Official Seychelles authorities
We file directly with these bodies on your behalf.
Financial Services AuthorityRegistrar of CompaniesSeychelles Licensing AuthoritySeychelles Revenue CommissionIndustrial property registryBeneficial ownership registry
Questions
Seychelles trademarks — FAQs
Should I register a trademark in Seychelles?
Only if you actually sell into Seychelles, or need a local right for a specific reason. Otherwise the filing protects a market you do not trade in.
My company is here, so is my brand protected?
No. Company registration and trademark protection are unrelated, and trademark rights are territorial. Where you sell is what matters.
Where should I file instead?
In the markets generating your revenue, prioritised by value and infringement risk. We advise on the priority and co-ordinate with counsel there.
Does an international application cover my markets?
It can cover a list of member countries from one filing. Whether your particular markets are included needs checking case by case.
Can you handle filings in other countries?
We co-ordinate through local counsel in those markets rather than claiming to file everywhere ourselves.
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