Albania (AL)

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Legal basis is the Industrial Property Law no. 7819 of April 27th, 1994, amended by law no. 8477 of April 22nd, 1999.
Albania is a member of the Madrid Agreement and the Madrid Protocol. The international classification of goods and services consisting of 45 classes has been adopted.
Trademark protection is obtained by registration. It can also be acquired by sufficient public recognition.
Registrable as a trademark are all distinctive and graphically representable signs, such as words, names, acronyms, letters, numbers, devices, combinations or shades of colours, the three-dimensional form of a good or its packaging, sound marks and any combination of the mentioned signs.
The following trademark types are registrable: trade marks, service marks and collective marks.
The application is filed at the Patent Office.
Multiple-class applications are possible.
Foreign applicants need a local agent.
A non-legalised power of attorney is sufficient.
Foreign applicants do not need a domestic registration.
The application process includes a formal examination and an examination of distinctiveness, but no search for prior trademarks.
The processing time from first filing to registration or first office action is approx. 6 to 9 months.
After registration, the trademark is published in the “Gazeta e Pronesise Industriale”. However, prior to 2002 not all trademarks were properly published.
There are no provisions for filing opposition against a trademark registration.
Protection begins with the date of registration. A trademark registration is valid for 10 years.
The registration is renewable for periods of 10 years.
If the trademark is not used within 5 years from registration or is later for 5 years continuously not used, it may be subject to cancellation.
The official fee is approx. EUR 40.00 for one class and approx. EUR 20.00 for each additional class.
Search type First class Add. class
Word Mark Search (availability) 310,00 € 90,00 € 
Word Mark Search (identical) 260,00 € 70,00 € 

The Prices above are S.M.D. Markeur Search Fees


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Zivko Mijatovic & Partners
Djura Mijatovic
Loloci Rr. "Deshmoret e 4 Shkurtit"
Pallati i Ri Kontakt, Kati II, Tirana
Tel: + 34 96 515 42 44
Fax: + 355 42 250 736

albania@zm-p.com
www.zm-p.com

Our law firm was established in 1939 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia as a general practice law firm. It has grown progressively and today, we have ten offices in nine European countries.

Our services are provided through the network of ZMP offices which cover the Balkan Peninsula, Central Eastern Europe as well as the whole EU via our office in Alicante, Spain the home of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM).

Over the last thirty years, the primary activity of our office has been the protection, via prosecution and litigation, of all Intellectual Property rights. Nonetheless, our activity still embraces other fields of law and consequently we are at your disposal to provide you with full range of services in the field of Commercial Law and Corporate Law in all the countries of The Balkans.

Our constant presence in eight different neighbouring countries of the Balkans, allows us to provide our clients with immediate and simultaneous service in two to eight different countries of the region, by simply contacting one of our offices. That is why the services we provide are unique in the region.

Albanian Directorate of Patents and Marks (ALPTO)
Bul. “Zhan Dʼ Ark” No. 3
Ministry of Economy Building, Hyrja IV
Tirana
Albania
Tel + 355 4 23 44 12
Fax + 355 4 23 44 12
www.cards-ipr.org/welcome_from_cards_countries/albania.html
Direct Tel. + 355 69 20 98 09 7

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO/OMPI)
34, Chemin des Colombettes
1211 Geneva 20
Switzerland
Tel + 41 22 33 89 11 1
Fax + 41 22 73 35 42 8
www.wipo.int