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
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 after the registration date
Duration of protection: 10 years after the registration
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) or a signed and
sealed Assignment form, 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
4. Priority data (if priority is claimed)
Can be filed later:
5. Power of Attorney, no notarization
6. Priority documents (if priority is claimed), to be filed within three months from the
filing date
Examination:
– patent – formal and substantial examination – valid for 20 years
Annuities:
– first three annuities are payable before the due date of the
annual fee for the 3rd year of validity
– subsequent annuities are payable
within 6 months before the last day of the calendar month when the
corresponding year of validity begins
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) or a signed and
sealed Assignment form, notarization is required
Patents
Filing requirements:
1. Applicant’s name, address and nationality
2. Name and address of the author
3. Description of the design (optional)
4. Drawings or photographs of the design (3 sets recommended)
5. Priority data (if any)
Can be filed later:
5. Power of Attorney, no notarization
6. Priority documents (if priority is claimed), to be filed within three months from the
filing date
Duration of protection: 5 years
Renewal: twice for a period of 5 years
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) or a signed and
sealed Assignment form, notarization is required
Industrial Designs