Moldova - intectica

Moldova

General information

Valid Nice Classification – NCL 12-2023.

Registration period – about 14-16 months from the application filing date.

Confirmation document – Certificate.

Procedure features – from the application filing date it is necessary to regularly monitor trademark applications to check whether any of them conflict with your trademark.

Procedure

Step	Term	Official Notification
Application Filing	1 day	Notification with entry number, applicant name, filing date and time
Formal Examination	1 month after filing fees payment	Formal examination request Response to formal examination request – 2 months from date of reception
Examination on Absolute Ground for Refusal	about 9-10 months after formal examination	Notification on provisional refusal Response to notification on provisional refusal – 2 months from date of reception
Registration	2 months after examination on absolute ground for refusal	Invitation for payment registration and publication fees
Publication	3-4 months	Certificate and publicated trade mark

Requirements

1. Applicant information – full name / title and registered office / registration address.
2. Trademark images and/or verbal elements, etc.
3. Priority document must be submitted within 3 months from the application filing date.
4. Translation of the priority document into Russian (we prepare by ourselves) must be submitted within 3 months from the application filing date.
5. Power of Attorney (scanned copy without legalization).

Moldova

General information

Invention

Registration period – about 1-6 years from the application filing date.

Confirmation document – Certificate.

Term of validity – 20 years from the application filing date. Patent for invention can be extended for additional 5 years if the patent object is a medicinal product, pesticide or agrochemical, or when the product use requires the permission according to the procedure established by law.

What can be protected: product (device, substance, microorganism strain, plant and animal cell culture, etc.); method (process of affecting material object with material resources), including use of the product or method for the specific purpose (for example, for treating diseases).

Utility model

Registration period – about 12 months from the application filing date.

Confirmation document – Certificate.

Term of validity – 5 years from the application filing date.

What can be protected: device.

Procedure

Invention

Step	Term	Official Notification	Deadline
Application Filing	1 day	Notification with registration number, applicant name, date and time of filing	Direct filing with claiming priority – 12 months from priority date
Formal Examination	within 6 months from application filing date	Formal examination request / Notification on formal examination completion	Response to formal examination request – 2 months from date of reception
Substantive Examination	within 5 years after filing request for substantive examination	Notification on patentability verification results / Substantive examination request / Decision on grant/refusal	Filing request for substantive examination – within 3 years from application filing date Response to substantive examination request – 2 months from date of reception Response to notification on patentability verification results – 6 months from date of reception
Publication and Grant	within 3 months after grant fees payment	Certificate	Payment of grant and publication fees – 3 months from reception of grant decision
Maintenance	annually	Invitation to pay annuity fees	Annuity fees are paid starting from the third year, counting from application filing date Annuity fees for each subsequent year are paid during previous year

Utility model

Step	Term	Official Notification	Deadline
Application Filing	1 day	Notification with registration number, applicant name, date and time of filing	Direct filing with claiming priority – 12 months from priority date
Formal Examination	within 2-3 months after filing fees payment	Formal examination request / Notification on formal examination completion	Response to formal examination request – 2 months from date of reception
Publication and Grant	about 2 months after grant fees payment	Certificate	Payment of grant and publication fees – 2 months from reception of grant decision
Maintenance	annually	Invitation to pay annuity fees	Annuity fee payment – during last 4 months of current year of action

Requirements

1. Applicant information – full name / title and registered office.
2. Inventor information – full name and registration address.
3. Number of International publication (for PCT procedure) or application materials: claims, description, abstract, drawings (for non-PCT procedure; international application was not published).
4. Translation of the application into Russian (we prepare by ourselves) must be submitted within 2 months from the date of filing.
5. Power of Attorney (no legalization or notarization required) must be submitted within 2 months from the date of filing.
6. Certified copy of the priority application (if priority is claimed) must be submitted within 16 months from the date of filing.

Moldova

General information

Registration period – 12 to 18 months.

Confirmation document – Certificate of registration of industrial design or industrial model.

Validity period – 5 years from the application filing date, with possible extension of the term for one or more five-year periods (in total, not more than 25 years from the application filing date).

What can be protected as an industrial design: the appearance of the product or its part, created, in particular, from the lines, contours, colors, shape, texture and/or materials of the product itself and/or its ornamentation. An object can be two-dimensional and protected as an industrial design, or three-dimensional and protected as an industrial model.

Official language – application materials are submitted in the Moldovan and all paperwork is conducted in the Moldovan. For natural persons, translation of the application documents from Russian is not mandatory.

Procedure

Stage	Duration	Results of the stage	Necessary actions
Application filing	1 day	Notification of the application filing date and application number	To pay filing fees – at the filing date or within 2 months from the filing date
Priority establishment (optional)	within 3 months from the filing date	Notification of priority establishment	To submit documents that confirm the legitimacy of the priority claim and their translation – at the filing date or within 3 months from the filing date To pay fees for the priority claim – at the filing date or within 3 months from the filing date
Formal examination	within 2 months from the filing date	Examination request to make clarifications, eliminate inconsistencies, etc Recording application data in the National Register of applications for registration of industrial designs and models Notification of acceptance of the application for consideration	To submit response to the Examination request – within 2-3 months from the request date (depending on the request type)
Publication of the application	within 3 months from the filing date	Publication of the application in the Official Intellectual Property Bulletin	To pay substantive examination fees – at the filing date or within 3 months from the publication date
Third party objections	within 3 months from the date of publication in the Official Intellectual Property Bulletin	Notification of submitted objections	To submit response to objections – within 2 months from the reception date
Substantive examination	within 3-4 months from the Third party objections completion	Request for additional information Request of substantive examination Application examination report / Decision on state registration Publication of the decision on issuance in the Official Intellectual Property Bulletin	To submit additional information – within 3 months from the reception date To submit response to the examination request – within 2 months from the reception date
State registration and publication of information on state registration	about 1 month	Registration in the National Register of Registered Industrial Designs and Models Publication of registration information in the Official Bulletin of Intellectual Property	To pay registration and issuance fees – at the filing date or within 3 months from the decision date
Certificate issuance	within 1-3 months from registration date	Certificate reception	—
Annuity	every 5 years	Notification of expiration Notification of registration of the annuity fees	To submit request for an extension of the validity period – no later than 2 months before the expiration date To pay the fees- within the last six months of the validity period

Requirements

1. Information about the applicant – full name / address of permanent residence, name of the legal entity / address of registration of the legal entity.

2. Information about the author(s) – full name, address of permanent residence.

3. Graphical representations of the product that give a full detailed representation of the appearance of the product and are reproducible. If necessary – fragments of the product, which give an idea of the structure, texture and color solution; ready-made card – samples of fabrics, knitted products, leather, accessories, etc.; full size labels; technical drawings with dimensions.

4. Power of attorney for a representative in intellectual property (no legalization or notarization required).

5. Priority claim with reference to the date of submission, the number of the previous application and the name of the country or institution where it was submitted, as well as a certified copy of the previous application issued by the institution that received it, and a translation of the copy of the application into the Moldovan language (if priority is established).

6. Confirmation of exhibiting the product at the exhibition, issued by the authority, and translation of the confirmation into the Moldovan language (if the exhibition priority is established).

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