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 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 for translation
4. Priority data (if priority is claimed)
Can be filed later:
5. Power of Attorney, no notarization
6. Inventor’s Declaration
7. Priority documents (if any), to be filed within three months
from the filing date
Examination:
– patent – formal and substantial examination – valid for 20 years
Annuities:
– accumulated and payable at the time of the grant of the patent
– all subsequent 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 (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. Drawings or photographs of the design (3 sets recommended)
4. Description of the design (optional)
5. Priority data (if any)
Can be filed later:
6. Power of Attorney, no notarization
7. Author’s Declaration
8. 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 a signed and
sealed Assignment form, notarization is required
Industrial Designs