Filing requirements:
1. Applicant’s name and address
2. At least one representation of the mark (in color if claimed)
3. List of goods/ services according to the Nice classification
4. statement that the trademark is being used/ intend to use statement
5. Priority data (if priority is claimed)
Can be filed later:
6. Power of Attorney, no legalization
7. 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 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 contract (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 (translation into Albanian/Serbian is necessary)
4. Priority data (if priority is claimed)
Can be filed later:
5. Power of Attorney, no legalization
6. Priority document (if any), to be filed within three months from the filing date
Examination:
– patent: issued after a formal and substantial examination – valid
for 20 years
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 contract (or its Certified copy) or a signed and sealed Assignment form, notarization is required
Patents
Filing requirements:
1. Applicant’s name and address
2. Name and address of the author
3. Description of the design
4. Drawings or photographs of the design (at least one set, 6 sets recommended)
5. Priority data (if priority is claimed)
Can be filed later:
6. Power of Attorney, no legalization
7. Priority documents (if any), to be filed within three months from the filing date
Duration of protection: 5 years from the filing date – maximally up to 25 years
Renewal: 5 additional years
Assignment:
1. Signed and sealed Powers of Attorney in the name of the Assignor and the Assignee, no legalization
2. Original Assignment contract (or its Certified copy) or a signed and sealed Assignment form, notarization is required
Industrial Designs