Filing requirements:
1. Applicant’s name and address
2. 6 representations 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 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 (or international
publication) 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
Validation of a European Patent:
1. Copy of the granted EPO patent
2. Translation of claims
3. Power of Attorney
Examination:
– patent – only formal examination – valid for 20 years
Annuities:
– accumulated and payable at the time of the grant of a patent
– subsequent annuities 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) 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), to be filed within
three months from the filing date
Duration of protection: 5 years after the filing
date
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