Trademarks
Trademarks are signs capable of distinguishing the goods or services of one business from those of others and will confer an exclusive right to use. Registration is renewed every 10 years.
Designs
Registered designs protect the shape or appearance of products and give owners exclusive rights for up to 25 years.
Patents
Patents protect technical inventions. A granted patent will provide exclusive rights to use of the invention for up to 20 years.
Our services
IP Consultation
Do you need help in the world of IP? Get in touch for some basic guidance.
Collaborative Search
Have you invented something and now want to patent it? Book an appointment with an examination expert to see if your invention is new. This can save you time and money.
Preliminary Search
Do you have an idea for a trademark? Book a search from one of our experts to see if somebody has already registered the same or a similar trademark.
Nordic Patent Institute
NPI offers a wide selection of prior art searches for e.g. inventors, businesses and law firms.
Statistics
66.830
registered trademarks in Iceland
7.692 Icelandic
3.773
applications for trademarks
in 2025
9.093
patents in force in Iceland
98 Icelandic
1.534
registered designs
85 Icelandic
News
Implementation of CP13 and CP15 Projects from EUIPO
24. March 2026International Cooperation
The Icelandic Intellectual Property Office (ISIPO) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) have jointly developed two new implementation documents in connection with the CP projects: CP13, which concerns the assessment of bad faith in trademark applications, and CP15, which addresses the comparison of goods and services.
Iceland's 2025 Innovation Company visited
13. March 2026Innovation
Representatives of the organisations behind the Icelandic Innovation Forum and the Icelandic Innovation Award visited the company Hefring Marine this week. The company received the Icelandic Innovation Award 2025 earlier this winter.
Sif new Head of Division and Sandra Chief Legal Officer
09. March 2026ISIPO
Sif Steingrímsdóttir has been appointed Head of the Intellectual Property and Administration Department at the ISIPO and Sandra Theódóra Árnadóttir has temporarily taken up the position of Chief Legal Officer.