Armenia
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
12th edition – multiclass application
Possible for word and device marks
On formal, absolute, and relative grounds
2 months from publication date
10 years from filing date and renewable for like periods
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
No provisions
On formal and substantive grounds
No provisions
No provisions
Due annually on the anniversary of the grant
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
+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.