Armenia

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

CLASSIFICATION

12th edition – multiclass application

SEARCH

Possible for word and device marks

EXAMINATION

On formal, absolute, and relative grounds

OPPOSITION

2 months from publication date

PROTECTION TERM

10 years from filing date and renewable for like periods

USE

Vulnerable to cancellation if mark has not been used for 3 consecutive years from filing date

EXTENSION OF TIME

Possible for responding to office actions

REQUIREMENTS

Filing Requirements

Simply signed POA required for all of the below procedures

TREATIES AND CONVENTIONS

World Intellectual Property Organization, World Trade Organization, Eurasian Patent Organization, Hague Agreement, Locarno Agreement, Strasbourg Agreement, Budapest Treaty, Nice Agreement, Vienna Agreement, WIPO Copyright Treaty, WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty, Phonograms Convention, Rome Convention, Berne Convention, Madrid Protocol, Brussels Convention, WIPO Convention, Madrid Agreement (Marks), Paris Convention, Patent Cooperation Treaty, Apostille Convention, Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks


REGISTRATION

Filing Requirements

  • Copy of priority document, if priority is claimed, certified

What you need to know

  • POA must be submitted at the time of filing
  • Priority document may be submitted within 3 months from filing date

RENEWAL

Filing Requirements

  • No additional documents are required

What you need to know

  • Grace period of 6 months

CHANGE OF NAME OR ADDRESS

Filing Requirements

  • Certificate of change of name/address, notarized

What you need to know

  • May be recorded for applications and registrations

ASSIGNMENT

Filing Requirements

  • Deed of assignment, simply signed

What you need to know

  • Trademarks may be assigned with or without the goodwill of the business concerned
  • May be recorded for applications and registrations

MERGER

Filing Requirements

  • Certificate of merger, notarized

What you need to know

  • May be recorded for applications and registrations

LICENSE

Filing Requirements

  • License agreement, notarized

What you need to know

  • May be recorded for registrations only
  • License recordal is compulsory in order to be effective against third parties

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

EQUIVALENT SEARCH

No provisions

EXAMINATION

On formal and substantive grounds

PUBLICATIONS

No provisions

OPPOSITION

No provisions

ANNUITIES

Due annually on the anniversary of the grant

PROTECTION TERM

20 years from the international filing date

REQUIREMENTS

Filing Requirements

Simply signed POA required for all of the below procedures


REGISTRATION

Filing Requirements

  • Copy of the specifications, claims, and abstracts with Armenian translation
  • 1 set of drawings and the abstract
  • Copy of priority document, if priority is claimed, certified

What you need to know

  • Priority document must be submitted within 3 months from filing date

CHANGE OF NAME OR ADDRESS

Filing Requirements

  • Certificate of change of name/address, notarized

What you need to know

  • Documents must be accompanied with an English translation if made in a foreign language
  • Documents must be translated into Armenian upon submission

ASSIGNMENT

Filing Requirements

  • Deed of assignment, notarized

What you need to know

  • Documents must be accompanied with an English translation if made in a foreign language
  • Documents must be translated into Armenian upon submission
  • Separate POAs are required from the assignee and assignor

MERGER

Filing Requirements

  • Certificate of merger, notarized

What you need to know

  • Documents must be accompanied with an English translation if made in a foreign language
  • Documents must be translated into Armenian upon submission

LICENSE

Filing Requirements

  • License agreement, notarized

What you need to know

  • Documents must be accompanied with an English translation if made in a foreign language
  • Documents must be translated into Armenian upon submission

REQUIREMENTS

Filing Requirements



Saba House, Saïd Freiha Street, Hazmieh, Beirut, Lebanon

P.O. Box 11-9421

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+961 5 45 48 88
+961 5 45 48 44
armenia@sabaip.com

Office Hours
Monday to Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.