Registration period – about 8-10 months from the date of filing. Proof of registration – Certificate Procedures feature – From the date of filing you should regularly monitor trade mark applications to check whether any of them conflict with your trade mark.
Step | Term | Official notification |
Filing an application | 1 day | Notification with entr. number, Name of applicant, Date and time of filing |
Formal examination | 1 month | Official notification about priority date |
Substantive examination | 6 month | Official notification of granting/refusal |
Publication and granting the Certificate | 1 month after payment for granting | Certificate |
1. The Applicant details
Legal Entity | Physical person |
The full official name (Engl. translitaration) | The Name (as it is in the passport and/or Engl. transliteration) |
A Legal address | An address |
2. The image of the TM (jpg), The verbal elements, other 3. Goods and services / classes NCL 11-2018 (we‘ll help you to choose the classes for your goods/services) 4. POA (scanned copy without legalization)
Representation by a trademark attorney Foreign applicants must perform the trademark prosecution in Azerbaijan through an agent, a registered in Azerbaijan trademark attorney.
Priority document The priority document must be submitted within three months from filing a trademark application in Azerbaijan.
Translation. Foreign applicants must perform the trademark prosecution in Azerbaijan through an agent, a registered in Azerbaijan trademark attorney.
Opposition may be filed not officially for National applications during the examination period for International Registrations within 12 months from publication in the WIPO Gazette.
Registration period – about 2-4 years from application filing date.
Proof of registration – Certificate.
Term of validity – 20 years from application filing date. Patent for invention can be extended for additional 5 years if the object of the patent is aproduct or a method for manufacturing products which, in accordance with the law, must undergo administrative procedures.
What can be protected: product and process (method) in any field of technology.
Step | Term | Official notification | Deadline |
Filing application | 1 day | Notification with registration number, name of applicant, date and time of filing. | Deadline of application filing with claiming priority – 12 months from priority date1. PCT national phase entry in Azerbaijan – 31 months from the priority date. |
Formal examination | 1 months from filing fee payment | Invitation to submit corrected or missing documents / Notification of completion of formal examination. | Responding to formal examination request – 2 months from date of receipt2. |
Substantive examination | 1-3 years from filing of petition to proceed substantive examination | Substantive examination request / Decision of grant/refusal. | Filing petition to proceed substantive examination – within 18 months from application filing date2. Responding to Substantive examination request – 2 months from date of receipt2. |
Grant and Publication | within 2 months from grant fees payment | Certificate | Payment of grant and publication fees – 2 months from Grant decision receipt. |
Annuity fees | each year | Invitation to pay annuity fees | Annuity fees are paid from the 3rd year, counting from application filing date. Annuity fee for each subsequent year is paid during the previous year2. |
1—Term may be extended for 2 months, upon corresponding fee payment.
2—Term may be extended for 12 months, upon corresponding fee payment.
3—Validity of the patent can be renewed within 12 months after expiration of payment period, upon corresponding fee payment.
Registration period – about 5-8 months from application filing date.
Proof of registration – Certificate.
Term of validity – 10 years from application filing date.
What can be protected: device.
Step | Term | Official notification | Deadline |
Filing application | 1 day | Notification with registration number, name of applicant, date and time of filing. | Deadline of application filing with claiming priority – 12 months from priority date1. PCT national phase entry in Azerbaijan – 31 months from the priority date. |
Formal examination | 2-3 months from the filing fee payment date | Invitation to submit corrected or missing documents / Notification of completion of formal examination. | Responding to formal examination request – 2 months from date of receipt1. |
Substantive examination | 1-3 years from filing of petition to proceed substantive examination | Substantive examination request / Decision of grant/refusal. | Filing petition to proceed substantive examination – within 18 months from application filing date2. Responding to Substantive examination request – 2 months from date of receipt2. |
Grant and Publication | within 2 months from grant fees payment | Certificate | Payment of grant and publication fees – 2 months from Grant decision receipt. |
Annuity fees | each year | Invitation to pay annuity fees | Annuity fees are paid from the 3rd year, counting from application filing date. Annuity fee for each subsequent year is paid during the previous year2. |
1—Term may be extended for 2 months, upon corresponding fee payment.
2—Term may be extended for 12 months, upon corresponding fee payment.
3—Validity of the patent can be renewed within 12 months after expiration of payment period, upon corresponding fee payment.