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. Priority data (if priority is claimed)
Can be filed later:
5. Power of Attorney, no legalization
6. Original 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 from the filing
date or the 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 signed and sealed
Assignment forms, 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 legalization
6. Original priority documents (if priority is claimed), to be
filed within three months from the filing date
Examination:
– patent – issued after a formal examination – valid for 20 years
if the applicant submits evidence that the same patent was granted
at the EPO or in other countries
Annuities:
– due for the 3rd and all subsequent years for the patent applications
and granted patents
Extension of a European Patent:
– possible for a granted EP
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 signed and sealed
Assignment forms, notarization is required
Patents
Filing requirements:
1. Applicant’s name and address
2. Creator’s name and address
3. Description of the design
4. Drawings or photographs of the design (3 sets recommended)
5. Priority data (if any)
Can be filed later:
6. Power of Attorney, no legalization
7. Original 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: 4 times 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 signed and sealed
Assignment forms, notarization is required
Industrial Designs