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Registration of trademark in Armenia

Protection of trademarks in the territory of Armenia is carried out after national registration or registration in accordance with international treaties signed by the country. Armenia is one of the participants to the Madrid Agreement, which means that trademark can be registered after submitting application to the WIPO.

Natural person (including individual entrepreneurs) and legal entity can obtain trademark in Armenia. Citizens of other states have the right to apply for registration only with the help of authorized patent attorneys.

The procedure of registration of trademarks in Armenia includes range of standard stages, also typical for other countries. At the same time, the Armenian legislation and the rules of procedure of the National Patent Department are characterized by certain peculiarities.

What is the process of registering trademark in Armenia

The application for trademark registration is filed with the National Patent Department. Preliminary examination is carried out within one month from the date of submission of the application, during which the accuracy of the documents shall be verified. If the examination is successful, the application is accepted for consideration.

The applicant is notified of the foregoing within 5 days. If any defects or inaccuracies are found in the documents, then the applicant has the right to make the necessary corrections within two months.

Then the substantive examination shall start. Within one month after its beginning, information on the application is published in such bulletin as "Industrial Property". The abovementioned is done to ensure that anyone, having reasoned objection to the registration of the trademark, can raise it.

All the objections are valid only two months from the date of publication of the information in the bulletin. Each such objection shall be notified to the applicant within five days.

One of the mandatory stages of registration is the actual examination. If the application contains information that collective trademark is being published, then corresponding charter must necessarily be attached to it. If there are any word marks in foreign languages, which have any meaning, in the application, then their translation into Armenian is necessary.

It is necessary to remember that only authorized patent attorneys, who have power of attorney from the applicant, have the right to apply to the National Department of Armenia.

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