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Latest News: 07-01-2010 (Newsletter Issue 12)
New Trademark Law in Force
The Armenian Parliament has adapted the new Law on Trademarks which entered into force on July 1st, 2010.

The Law broadens the list of signs that can be registered as trademarks by adding holograms and colors or combination of colors to the trademarks defined by the current legislation. The list of signs to be registered as trademarks remains exclusive.

Furthermore, all new trademark applications are to be published in the PTO’s Official Gazette after which any third party can file a remark or opposition within two months from the publishing date.

The new Law on Trademarks abolish the previous Law on Trademarks, Service Marks and Appellations of Origin from the year 2000.

Source: www.petosevic.com

Legal basis is the Law on Trademarks which entered into force on July 1st, 2010. It has abolished the Law on Trademarks and Service Marks and Appellation of Origin of April 15th, 2000.
Armenia 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.
Registrable as a trademark are all distinctive and graphically representable signs, such as words, names, acronyms, letters, numbers, devices, holograms, colours, colour combinations, three-dimensional forms, the three-dimensional form of a good or its packaging and any combination of the mentioned signs.
The following trademark types are registrable: trade marks, service marks and collective marks, and certification marks.
Trademarks which were protected in the former Soviet Union will be protected in Armenia only, if they have been transcribed until June 30th, 1995.
The application is filed at the Intellectual Property Agency in Yerevan, Armenia in paper or electronic form.
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, an examination of distinctiveness and a search for prior trademarks.
The processing time from first filing to registration or first office action is approx. 6 to 12 months.
All trademark applications are published in the PTO’s Official Gazette.
All trademark applications are to be published in the PTO’s Official Gazette after which any third party can file a remark or opposition within two months from the publishing date.
A trademark registration is valid for 10 years from the date of application. The registration is renewable for periods of 10 years.
If the trademark has not been used within 5 years from registration or has later not been used for 3 years continuously, it may be subject to cancellation.
The official fee is approx. EUR 180.00 for one class, approx. EUR 45.00 for each additional class and approx. EUR 150.00 for the registration.
Search type First class Add. class
Word Mark Search (availability) 420,00 € 270,00 € 
Word Mark Search (identical) 390,00 € 250,00 € 

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


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Intellectual Property Agency
Government House 3
0010, Yerevan
Armenia
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www.armpatent.org/english

Eurasian Patent Office
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Russian Federation
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World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO/OMPI)
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1211 Geneva 20
Switzerland
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www.wipo.int