National Phase of PCT: both under Chapter I and under Chapter II: 31 months.
Validity: issued after a formal and full examination - valid for 20 years.
Annuities: accumulated and due after the grant of the patent; subsequent annuities are payable on the anniversary date of the filing date.
Opposition: any natural person or legal entity may, during the entire term of its effect, file an opposition against the grant of the patent with the Patent Dispute Chamber.
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 three-year period after the registration date may lead to cancellation; 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: possible during the whole lifetime on absolute grounds, and within a period of five years from the date of publication for other grounds.
Duration - renewals: after formal and substantive examination - valid for 5 years from the filing date, renewable for four additional periods of 5 years.
Opposition: possible during the entire term of the design.
Duration – renewals: one year, renewable.
Uniform dispute resolution procedure: none.
Area: 17,075,200 sq. km.
Population: 144,463,451 inhabitants (estimated 2017).
Capital: Moscow, with over 12,228,685 inhabitants (estimated 2017).
Language: Russian.
Currency: Rouble.
Until the end of 1991 the Russian Federation was part of the USSR, a country with a planned economy based on a socialist (Marxist-Leninist) organization. The Russian Federation continues radical economic reforms.
Industrial property protection in the territory of Crimea: although according to Ukrainian legislation, inventions, utility models, industrial designs, trademarks, service marks and appellations of origin (IP rights) registered in Ukraine remain valid on the territory of Crimea, as of March 18, 2014 de facto it is no longer possible to enforce them. As of this date, IP rights registered in the Russian Federation extend to the territory of Crimea and are enforceable there under Russian legislation.
Therefore, in case of a continued business activity in Crimea and ownership of an IP right registered in Ukraine but not in the Russian Federation, it is recommended to obtain registration for such IP right in the Russian Federation.
If you wish more detailed information concerning intellectual property protection in this territory please contact us or order Katzarov's Manual on Industrial Property®.
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