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)
5. Power of Attorney, no notarization
Can be filed later:
6. Priority documents (if priority is claimed), to be filed within
three months from the filing date
Use of the mark: not compulsory, but recommendable
Non-use period: –
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)
5. Power of Attorney, no notarization
Can be filed later:
6. Priority Certificate (if priority is claimed), to be filed within
three months from the filing date
Examination:
– provisional patent – only formal examination – valid for
5 years from the filing date
– patent: issued after a formal and substantial examination – valid
for 20 years
Annuities:
– accumulated and payable before 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 (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 (3 sets recommended)
5. Power of Attorney, no notarization
6. Priority data (if any)
Can be filed later:
7. Priority documents (if priority is claimed), to be filed within
three months from the filing date
Duration of protection: 10 years from the filing
date
Renewals: 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 (or its Certified copy) or a signed and
sealed Assignment form, notarization is required
Industrial Designs