National Phase of PCT: under Chapter I: 31 months; under Chapter II: 31 months.
Validity: issued after a formal and substantive examination (that has to be requested two years at the latest from the date of submitting the application) - valid for 20 years with a supplementary 5-year period for medical or plant protection products.
Annuities: are due for the third and each following year for patent applications and patents counting from the filing date.
Opposition: not provided for.
Kinds of protection: verbal*, pictorial, three-dimensional and other designations or their combination. Service marks are registrable. (*Besides the original version, filing of word mark applications in the Cyrillic alphabet is highly recommended.)
Classification: International.
Obligation to use the registered mark: compulsory. Non-use during any five-year period after the registration date may lead to cancellation.
Duration – renewals: 10-year period after the filing date or last renewal date.
Opposition: provided for. The application is published for opposition, which should be filed within ninety days.
Duration – renewals: after formal examination, valid for 5 years, plus four 5-year extensions of term.
Opposition: provided for, within 90 days of the publication date of the application.
Duration – renewals: one year, renewable.
Uniform dispute resolution procedure: none.
Area: 25,713 sq. km.
Population: 2,087,171 inhabitants (estimated 2013).
Capital: Skopje, with 600,000 inhabitants.
Language: Macedonian (Cyrillic alphabet).
Currency: Macedonian Denar.
Macedonia used to be a part of former Yugoslavia. The officially named "Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" declared its independence on September 8, 1992. The first national law came into force on July 15, 1993.
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