Sara Posada
Lead lawyer, legal team
- Lawyer
- Specialist in Commercial Law
- Diploma in Intellectual Property, Universidad de los Andes
For businesses protecting their brand
Trademark registration in Colombia: search, cost and time
Trademark registration in Colombia is what gives you the exclusive right to your brand name or logo.
Before you pay the SIC's fee, we search for marks that could block yours.
Handled by Sara Posada, lead lawyer, legal teamReviewed on November 10, 2026
4.8 on Google · 251 reviews
Is this service for you?
Your company's name at the Chamber of Commerce is not a trademark: the exclusive right comes from registering it with the SIC (Andean Decision 486, art. 154).
- You have a brand name or a logo. You want to know if you can register it before you invest more in it.
- Your business already sells. You want to stop others from using your name in Colombia.
- You are forming a company. You want its brand protected at the same time.
- Your brand is registered abroad. That registration does not protect it in Colombia.
- You have a song, a book or software. That is protected by copyright, not as a trademark, and we can register it too.
4 steps from the search to your registration
The trademark search takes 5 business days once you send us your brand.
From filing, the SIC takes 9 months to a year to decide, or longer if someone opposes.
We set your classes
Each class covers a group of products or services, under the Nice Classification.
Your mark is protected only in the classes you register.
We check whether your mark can be registered
We tell you how likely the SIC is to grant it before you pay.
We file your application
We file it with the SIC once you approve the search.
The SIC publishes it, and for 30 days anyone can oppose it (Andean Decision 486, art. 146).
We follow it until the SIC decides
We answer the SIC's formal requests and tell you if anyone opposes.
Once granted, your registration lasts 10 years and can be renewed (Andean Decision 486, art. 152).
You may also need
Services brand owners add to the registration.
A case we see often
- The brand
A founder with a growing brand in Colombia asked us to register its name.
Before filing, we ran the trademark search.
- The search
It found registered marks too similar to that name.
The risk that the SIC would refuse the application was high.
- The decision
The founder learned it before paying the SIC's fee.
With that, the founder could choose to file as it was, or adjust the mark to improve its chances.
No one using your name does not mean you can register it. We check the risk before you pay the SIC.
Do you have a brand name you want to register? Send it to us, and we check it before you pay the SIC. →
What the trademark search checks
We compare your mark with what is already registered or pending at the SIC, in the classes you need.
- Identical or similar marks: for the same products or services, or related ones (Andean Decision 486, art. 136).
- Trade names: protected ones that are similar to your mark (art. 136).
- Distinctiveness: whether your mark only describes what you sell (art. 135).
- Your classes: which ones cover what you sell, and where the risk is.
What we need from you to start
Send what you have. With it, we run the search.
- The name, and the logo if you have one
- The products or services you sell, or will sell, under it
- Who will own it: you or a company
- The countries where you sell, if not only Colombia
Questions brand owners ask us about trademarks
How much does trademark registration cost in total?
Our fee is COP 1,850,000, and the SIC charges its own fee: COP 1,347,500 for the first class and COP 673,500 for each additional class. If your company is certified as an SME (Mipyme), it pays COP 970,000 and COP 485,000.
With the search first, you pay the SIC only if you decide to file.
Can I register it in my own name, without a company?
Yes. You can own the mark yourself, or through a company.
Keep in mind that once it is registered, if you do not use it for 3 years in a row, an interested party can ask the SIC to cancel it (Andean Decision 486, art. 165).
Can I register an artist's or a band's name?
Yes. It is registered as a trademark with the SIC, in your name or a company's.
The songs and their lyrics are protected by copyright, a different registration that we can also handle.
What if someone opposes, or the SIC refuses it?
If someone opposes, you have 30 days to answer with your arguments and evidence (Andean Decision 486, art. 148).
We tell you right away. Answering an opposition, or appealing a refusal, is quoted separately.
Can you register my brand in other countries?
Yes, with allied lawyers in each country.
Each country has its own requirements and costs, and it is quoted per case.
A registration in Colombia protects your mark only here: each country grants its own (Andean Decision 486, art. 154).
Don't see your case?
Tell us about it. In a free 15-minute call, we assess it and send you a proposal.
In-depth questions? 1-hour consultation: COP 400,000 (about USD 121).Outside what we do? We refer you to someone who does.
SIC fees, besides our fees
Paid directly to the SIC, not to Nexo Legal.
Your application
Filed online, per application
- One classSIC, trademark fees 2026 (Resolution 6167 of 2026) · Nov 12, 2026COP 1,347,500about USD 408
- Each additional classSIC, trademark fees 2026 (Resolution 6167 of 2026) · Nov 12, 2026COP 673,500about USD 204
The SIC charges them for the application, whatever it decides.
Small and medium businesses (Mipyme)
Filed online, with the business accredited as a Mipyme
- One classSIC, trademark fees 2026 (Resolution 6167 of 2026) · Nov 12, 2026COP 970,000about USD 294
- Each additional classSIC, trademark fees 2026 (Resolution 6167 of 2026) · Nov 12, 2026COP 485,000about USD 147
Renewal
Filed online
- One classSIC, trademark fees 2026 (Resolution 6167 of 2026) · Nov 12, 2026COP 734,000about USD 222
- Each additional classSIC, trademark fees 2026 (Resolution 6167 of 2026) · Nov 12, 2026COP 360,500about USD 109
Your proposal adds them up for your case, together with our fees.
Who handles your case
The same legal team runs the search, files your application and answers the SIC.
- 3partners lead the legal, tax and immigration areas
- 22professionals in corporate, private, employment, intellectual property, immigration and tax law
- Medellínour own office
What our clients say
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What will happen after you fill out this form?
After you send the form, our team reviews your case and a specialist contacts you, usually within the hour during business hours, to clarify details and outline the next steps.
Nexo Legal is a private law and accounting firm, not a government office. Trademark registrations are granted or refused by Colombia's Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio (SIC), and no lawyer can guarantee the result.