National Phase of PCT: under Chapter I: 31 months; under Chapter II: 31 months.
Validity: patent issued after formal examination only - valid for 10 years; after furnishing the examination report issued by a recognized authority, valid for 20 years.
Annuities: are due each year after grant.
Opposition: can be filed with the Board of Appeal within nine months from the date of grant.
Kinds of protection: a trademark may be any sign, in particular words, including personal names or designs, letters, numbers, colors, the form of goods or their packaging, or sounds, provided that those signs are capable of (a) distinguishing the goods or services of a natural or legal person from those of another natural or legal person; (b) being represented in the Register in such a way as to enable the competent authorities and the public to determine clearly and accurately the object of protection recognized to its owner.
Classification: International.
Obligation to use the registered mark: compulsory. If not used within any five-year period after the registration (or last use) date, the mark can be cancelled upon request of an interested party; nominal use (advertising, publications) is accepted in absence of actual use.
Duration – renewals: 10-year period after the filing date or last renewal date.
Opposition: provided for published applications, within a three-month period; a registered trademark can be cancelled by any interested party during the entire period of validity through a request to the Chamber for cancellation/invalidation or in court.
Duration – renewals: after formal examination: 5 years. Renewable up to 25 years.
Opposition: provided (as for trademarks).
Duration – renewals: two years, renewable for further two years.
Uniform dispute resolution procedure: none.
Area: : 28,748 sq. km.
Population: 2,876,600 inhabitants (estimated 2017).
Capital: Tirana, with 418,500 inhabitants (census 2011).
Language: Albanian.
Currency: Lek.
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