Algeria
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
11th edition – multiclass application
Possible for word and device marks
On formal, absolute, and relative grounds
No provisions
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
TREATIES AND CONVENTIONS
World Intellectual Property Organization, World Trade Organization (observer status), Berne Convention, Madrid Agreement (Source), Nairobi Treaty, Paris Convention, Patent Law Treaty (signature), Rome Convention, WIPO Copyright Treaty, WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty, Lisbon Agreement, Madrid Agreement (Marks), Madrid Protocl, Patent Cooperation Treaty, Locarno Agreement (signature), Nice Agreement
REGISTRATION
Filing Requirements
- Copy of priority document, if priority is claimed, certified, accompanied with sworn French translation
What you need to know
- POA may be submitted within 2 months from filing date
- Priority document may be submitted within 3 months from filing date
RENEWAL
Filing Requirements
- Declaration of use, simply signed
What you need to know
- Grace period of 6 months
CHANGE OF NAME OR ADDRESS
Filing Requirements
- Certificate of change of name with sworn French translation, notarized
- For change of address, no additional documents are required other than POA
What you need to know
- May be recorded for applications and registrations
ASSIGNMENT
Filing Requirements
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 with sworn French translation, legalized and notarized
What you need to know
- May be recorded for applications and registrations
LICENSE
Filing Requirements
- License agreement with sworn French translation, legalized and notarized
What you need to know
- License recordal is compulsory in order to be effective against third parties
- May be recorded for applications and registrations
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Patent applications and patents may be searched by title and patentee name
As to form, novelty, inventiveness, industrial applicability, unity and compliance
Applications are published after grant in the official gazette
No provisions
Due annually on the anniversary of the international filing date and payable on pending applications. Grace period of 6 months for late payment with a surcharge
20 years from the international filing date
REQUIREMENTS
Filing Requirements
REGISTRATION
Filing Requirements
- Copy of international publication
- Copy of international search report (ISR)
- Copy of international preliminary examination report (if available)
- Title in French
- 2 copies of the specifications in Arabic
- 2 sets of drawings
- ISR in Arabic
What you need to know
- Copy of international publication, copy of ISR, copy of international preliminary examination report (if available), and Title must be submitted at the time of filing
- POA and remaining documents may be submitted within 2 months from filing date
CHANGE OF NAME OR ADDRESS
Filing Requirements
- Extract from the commercial register showing old and new names/addresses, notarized
What you need to know
- Documents must be accompanied with a sworn French translation
ASSIGNMENT
Filing Requirements
What you need to know
- Documents must be accompanied with a sworn English, French, or Arabic translation
LICENSE
Filing Requirements
- License agreement, legalized and notarized
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
10 year from filing date
As to form only
Admissible
Yes
No provisions
REGISTRATION
Filing Requirements
- POA, simply signed
- 7 copies of representations of the design, or 2 specimens of the actual design
- Copy of priority document with sworn French translation, if priority is claimed, certified
What you need to know
- Copies or specimens of the design must be submitted at the time of filing
- POA may be submitted with 2 months of filing date
- Copy of priority document may be submitted within 3 months of filing date
RENEWAL
What you need to know
- Allowed for one term of 9 years
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