Ghana trademark search
How to search and register a trademark in Ghana, from official sources. Signa does not sync the RGD register yet. It holds WIPO Madrid designations that cover Ghana.
Search the RGD register
How RGD records can be consulted, as the office states it.
No public online trademark search was found on the RGD site. RGD lists an optional preliminary trade mark search, conducted before filing, as the first step of registration, with a trade mark search fee of USD 135.00 in its fee schedule.
Office website: https://rgd.gov.gh/
Register a trademark in Ghana
What RGD requires, as the official sources below state it.
- How to file
- National application at the Registrar-General's Department; Madrid designation
- Local representative required for applicants abroad
- Yes
- Classification
- Nice Classification
- Opposition
- 2 months from publication in the Industrial Trade Marks Bulletin (pre-registration)
- Term
- 10 years from the filing date, renewable for 10 years at a time
- Non-use
- Open to cancellation after 5 years without use
Good to know
- An applicant whose ordinary residence or principal place of business is outside Ghana must be represented by a legal practitioner resident and practising in Ghana (Trade Marks Act, 2004, Act 664, section 17).
- Ghana is a member of ARIPO, but ARIPO lists it as party only to the Harare Protocol on Patents and Industrial Designs, not to the Banjul Protocol on marks, so trademark protection in Ghana comes from a national filing or a Madrid designation.
- The Trademarks (Amendment) Act, 2014 (Act 876) amended Act 664 to reconcile renewal periods and provide for international registration of trademarks under the Madrid Protocol.
Madrid Protocol and regional systems
Ghana is a member of the Madrid Protocol since 2008-09-16, so an international registration filed through WIPO can designate it.
What Signa holds for Ghana
RGD records are not covered by Signa yet. International registrations designating Ghana are searchable through WIPO Madrid data.
Get this data via the API
Query the WIPO records that cover Ghana in the same format as every other office.
GET/v1/trademarks?jurisdictions=GHSearch the trademarks Signa holds that cover Ghana
curl "https://api.signa.so/v1/trademarks?jurisdictions=GH" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SIGNA_API_KEY"Hear when Signa adds the RGD register
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Where these facts come from
Checked 2026-11-12.