Filing requirements:
1. Applicant’s name and address
2. At least 6 representations of the mark (12 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)
Use of the mark: compulsory
Non-use period:
5 years after the registration date
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) 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 (3 sets) 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:
– Provisional patent – only formal examination – valid for 5 years
– Patent – formal and substantial examination – valid
for 20 years
Annuities:
– for provisional patent payable from the first year
– for patent payable annually from the 3rd year
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:
6. Power of Attorney, no notarization
7. Priority documents (if priority is claimed)
Duration of protection: 10 years after the filing
date
Renewal: once 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