Filing Requirements:
- Power of attorney, simply signed.
- Ten prints of the trade mark - device marks.
- A certified copy of a UK registration can be called for if application is made for cotton goods.

Classification:
-Follows the pre-1938 United Kingdom classification of 50 goods classes.

MULTICLASSES:
-A separate application is required for each class.

Licensing/Registered Users:
Although no express licensing provisions exist in the Sierra Leone act, where registrations are based on existing UK rights which have registered user appointments, such recordals can also be extended to Sierra Leone.

Assignments:
Assignments must be made with goodwill and it is necessary to refer to goodwill in the deed.

Requirements:
- Deed of assignment;
- Power of attorney from the assignee.

Marking of Goods:
Notice of registration by use of the legend ‘Registered Trade Mark’ or suitable abbreviation (eg. ‘Regd. Tm.’) or symbol ® optional.
Canned goods, foodstuffs and pharmaceuticals must be labelled to show the net weight or quantity of contents and the country of origin. Liquid contents of beverages must be shown. Textiles must be marked with yardage and width.

Opposition:
-Opposition may be lodged within three months following the date of advertisement of the application.
-Extension of the opposition period is possible at the discretion of the Registrar.

Use:
-Registration may be cancelled if the trade mark was registered without any bona fide intention to use the trade mark and there has, in fact, been no bona fide use of the trade mark up to the date one month before the date of the application for cancellation.
-Registration may also be cancelled if there has been no bona fide use of the trade mark for a continuous period of five years and one month up to date of application for cancellation.

Granting:
14 years

Renewals:
For periods of 14 years