National Phase of PCT: under Chapter I: 31 months; under Chapter II: 31 months.
Validity: 20 years from the filing date.
Annuities: accumulated and paid together with the granting fees, and each year thereafter.
Opposition: within three months from the date of publication of the abstract.
Kinds of protection: word marks, device marks or combinations of both, two and three-dimensional designations. Collective and service marks are registrable. Besides the original version, filing of word mark applications in the Georgian Script is highly recommended. It is also recommended to file the Cyrillic version, especially if the mark is protected in the entire territory of the former Soviet Union.
Classification: International.
Obligation to use the registered mark: compulsory. A trademark, which is not used during any five-year period after the registration date (or the last date of use), may be cancelled upon request filed by an interested party.
Duration – renewals: 10 years from the registration date, renewable for further periods of 10 years.
Opposition: possible within three months from publication of the decision to grant the trademark.
Duration – renewals: 5 years from the filing date, renewable for four further 5-year terms. Maximum validity: 25 years.
Opposition: within three months from the publication date.
Duration – renewals: one year, renewable.
Uniform dispute resolution procedure: none.
Area: 69,700 sq. km.
Population: 4,942,000 inhabitants (estimated 2015).
Capital: Tbilisi with about 1,200,000 inhabitants.
Language: Georgian.
Currency: Lari.
One of the ex-USSR republics, now an independent state with its own Patent Office (SAKPATENTY). The Georgian Patent and Trademark Laws entered into force on May 24, 1999.
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