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Trademarks - General Information

  • Filing System: Multi-Class Filing System.
  • Classification of goods/services: national classsification.
  • Registrables: trademarks, service marks, collective marks, quality marks (certification marks), colour marks.
  • Member of Paris Convention: yes.
  • Claiming priority under Paris Convention: yes.
  • Filing international registration under Madrid Agreement: no.
  • Filing international registration under Protocol to Madrid Agreement: no.
  • Time from filing to registration: 24 months.
  • Protection (registration) duration: 10 years from filing date.
  • Examination type: substantive examination.
  • Examination time: 12 months.
  • Publications: in the Official Gazette after acceptance.
  • Opposition period: 90 days from the date of the last publication.
  • Time limit to pay publication fees after acceptance: directly after acceptance.
  • Time limit to pay registration fees after the end of the opposition period: directly after the end of the opposition period.
  • Use: a registered mark may be subject for a cancellation action by any interested party if it has not been used for 5 consecutive years.
  • Renewal application can be made within: 1 year before expiry.
  • Renewal duration: 10 years.
  • Grace period to renew after expiration: 6 months with penalty.
  • Method of conducting the search: official search only.
  • Time required to complete the search: 60 days.
  • Claiming goodwill upon assignment: optional.
  • Publication after recordal of the assignment: in the Official Gazette.
  • Publication after recordal of the change: in the Official Gazette.
  • Publication after recordal of the merger: in the Official Gazette.
  • Publication after recordal of the license: in the Official Gazette.
  • Time period of the license: can be decided by parties.

Accepted trademarks will be published in three consecutive editions of the Official Gazette with one-week interval between each edition, subject for the opposition period of 90 days from the date of the last publication. This regulation is effective following the publication of the Official Gazette No. 557 published on 20 November 2017.

 

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