El Salvador trademark search
PlannedISPI (CNR)
How to search and register a trademark in El Salvador, from official sources. Signa has no records covering El Salvador yet.
Search
Search the ISPI (CNR) register
Búsqueda de Anterioridad Fonética (automated phonetic search of distinctive signs) is Salvadoran Institute of Intellectual Property, National Registry Center's own search tool.
- Search by
- phonetic, Nice class
- Languages
- Spanish
- Free
- No
- Limits
- Costs USD 20 per class and is not refundable; ISPI's free online lookup only finds marks by number, not by name.
How to search
- Open the eCNR online services, choose Propiedad Intelectual and then Búsquedas de anterioridad fonética automatizada de signos distintivos.
- Accept the terms of use, then enter the sign and tick every class (or related class) to search; leave out punctuation, quotes and accents.
- Confirm your email address, choose a payment method (bank payment slip, NPE, online payment or card) and send the request.
- The report is generated automatically once the request is sent.
- To check the status of a known mark for free, use Consulta de Signos Distintivos and search by presentation, file or registration number.
Register
Register a trademark in El Salvador
What ISPI (CNR) requires, as the official sources below state it.
- How to file
- National application at ISPI (on paper or online through eCNR)
- Several classes in one application
- Yes
- Classification
- Nice Classification
- Application fee
- USD 20 per class to file, USD 50 to publish the application plus USD 5 for each additional class, and USD 80 per class in registration fees
- Renewal fee
- USD 100 per class; USD 100 surcharge for renewal in the grace period
- Fees as of
- 2024-08-15 (USD)
- Opposition
- 2 months from electronic publication of the application in the Boletín (pre-registration)
- Term
- 10 years from the registration date, renewable for 10 years at a time
- Non-use
- Open to cancellation after 5 years without use
Good to know
- Trademarks are governed by the Intellectual Property Law approved by Legislative Decree No. 66, published on 2024-08-15, which repealed the Law on Trademarks and Other Distinctive Signs of 2002 (Article 336) and makes ISPI a unit of the CNR (Article 6).
- Cancellation for non-use after five consecutive years without use in El Salvador is requested from a court, and cannot be requested in the first five years after registration (Article 147).
- El Salvador is not a party to the Madrid Protocol, so protection is obtained by a national application.
International
Madrid Protocol and regional systems
El Salvador is not a member of the Madrid Protocol, so an international registration through WIPO cannot designate it.
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Where these facts come from
Checked 2026-11-12.