• Trademark
  • Patent
  • Design
Regions
Azerbaijan

 

General information

Valid Nice Classification – NCL 12-2023.

Registration period – about 8-10 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 within 1 month Official notification on priority date
Substantive Examination within 6 months Official notification on grant/refusal
Publication and Grant 1 month after grant fees payment Certificate

 

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 Azerbaijani (we prepare by ourselves) must be submitted within 3 months from the application filing date.
5. Power of Attorney (scanned copy without legalization).

Azerbaijan

 

General information

Invention

Registration period – about 2-4 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 product or a method for manufacturing products which, according to the law, must undergo administrative procedures.

What can be protected: product and process (method).

Utility model

Registration period – about 5-8 months from the application filing date.

Confirmation document – Certificate.

Term of validity – 10 years from the application filing date.

What can be protected: device.

 

Procedure for 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

PCT national phase entry in Azerbaijan – 31 months from priority date
Formal Examination 1 month after filing fees payment Formal examination request / Notification on formal examination completion Response to formal examination request – 2 months from date of reception
Substantive Examination 1-3 years after filing request for substantive examination Substantive examination request / Decision on grant/refusal Filing request for substantive examination – within 18 months from application filing date

Response to substantive examination request – 2 months from date of reception
Publication and Grant within 2 months from 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 fees are paid starting from the 3rd year, counting from application filing date

Annuity fees for each subsequent year are paid during previous year

 

Procedure for 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

PCT national phase entry in Azerbaijan – 31 months from priority date
Formal Examination 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 within 2 months from 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 fees for each subsequent year are paid during previous year

 

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).
5. Power of Attorney (no legalization or notarization required).
6. Certified copy of the priority application (if priority is claimed).

 

 

 

Azerbaijan

 

General information

Registration period – about 12-20 months.

Confirmation document – Certificate of industrial design.

Validity period – 10 years from the date of the application filing, with a possible extension for no more than 5 years.

What can be protected as an industrial design: artistic or artistic-constructive solution of the product, which determines its new appearance.

Official language – application materials are submitted in Azerbaijani and all prosecution is conducted in Azerbaijani.

 

Procedure

Stage Duration Results of the stage Necessary actions
Application filing 1 day Notification of the application filing date and application number To pay application filing fees
Priority establishment (optional) within 3 months from the filing date Notification of establishment of priority To submit request for priority, copy of the priority application and its translation, and 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 Written opinion on the application with comments on finalizing the application materials, making clarifications, eliminating inconsistencies, etc.

 

Decision on successful completion of the Formal examination

 To submit a response to Written opinion – within 2 months from the reception date
Substantive examination (optional) within 18 months from the filing date Written opinion of the Substantive examination

 

Decision on state registration of an industrial design

 To submit a response to Written opinion of the Substantive examination
State registration — Registration in the State Register of Certificates To pay the fees for registration, publication and certificate issuance
Publication of information on state registration within 3 months from the registration date Publication of information about state registration in the official bulletin —
Certificate issuance — Certificate reception —
Annuity annually Notification of annuity fees reception To pay the fees

 

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. A set of photographs showing the product, a mock-up or a drawing that gives a complete detailed understanding of the appearance of the product, a drawing of the general appearance of the product, an ergonomic diagram, a assembly map, etc.
  4. Power of attorney for a representative in intellectual property (does not require legalization or notarization).
  5. Priority claim with reference to the date of the previous application filing, the number of the previous application and the name of the country or institution where it was filed, 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 Azerbaijani (if priority is claimed).
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