Filing requirements:
1. Applicant’s name and address
2. One representation of the mark (in color if claimed)
3. List of goods/ services according to the Nice classification
4. Priority data (if priority is claimed)
Can be filed later:
5. Power of Attorney, no notarization, to be filed within three
months from the filing date
6. Priority documents (if priority is claimed), to be filed within
three months from the filing date
Use of the mark: compulsory
Non-use period:
5 years
Duration of protection: 10 years after the filing
date or last renewal date
Renewals:
1. Applicant’s name and address
2. Name of Trademark and Reg. No.
3. Classes and list of goods/services
4. Power of Attorney, no notarization
Assignment:
1. Signed and sealed Powers of Attorney in the name of the Assignor
and the Assignee, no legalization
2. Original Assignment (or its Certified copy), notarization is
required
Trademarks
Filing requirements:
1. Applicant’s name and address
2. Inventor’s name and address
3. Specification with claims, abstract and drawings for translation
into Bulgarian
4. Priority data (if priority is claimed)
Can be filed later:
5. Power of Attorney, no notarization, to be filed within three
months from the filing date
6. Priority documents (if priority is claimed), to be filed within three months from the
filing date
Examination:
– patent – formal and substantive examination – valid for 20 years
from the filing date
Annuities:
– accumulated and payable after the grant of the patent
– annuities for granted patents are payable before the anniversary
of the filing date
Assignment:
1. Signed and sealed Powers of Attorney in the name of the Assignor
and the Assignee, no legalization
2. Original Assignment (or its Certified copy), notarization is
required
Patents
Filing requirements:
1. Applicant’s name, address and nationality
2. Name and address of the author(s)
3. Drawings or photographs of the design (3 sets recommended)
4. Priority data (if any)
Can be filed later:
5. Power of Attorney, no notarization, to be filed within three months from the filing date
6. Priority documents (if priority is claimed), to be filed within three months from the filing date
Duration of protection: 10 years after the filing date
Renewal: 3 times for 5 year periods
Assignment:
1. Signed and sealed Powers of Attorney in the name of the Assignor
and the Assignee, no legalization
2. Original Assignment (or its Certified copy), notarization is
required
Industrial Designs