Patmark

Trade / Service Marks

We can carry out all the works related to the acquisition of exclusive rights to trademarks, including:

- free consultation in accordance with your activities and perspective business plans, on the registration of your trademarks, on the selection of appropriate countries and procedures for it;

- implementation of complex works related to the registration of your trademarks in the Republic of Armenia;

- carrying out complex work related to the registration of your trademarks in foreign countries, including through the Madrid system of international registration of trademarks in those countries, in order to ensure the legal protection of your trademarks;

- carrying out works related to the acquisition of trademark rights and the settlement of possible disputes due to the violation of those rights, including those at the Intellectual Property Agency of the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia, its Board of Appeals, courts, the State Commission for Protection of Economic Competition and customs authorities;

- Implementation of works related to the formulation (if necessary) and registration of license agreements to grant the right to use your trademark to other persons or to obtain the right to use the trademark of other persons, as well as the complete or partial transfer (concession) of the exclusive rights to your trademark to another person or the complete or partial obtention of the exclusive rights to the trademark of other persons (concession), as well as registration of those licenses and transfers of rights in the Intellectual Property Agency.

The following information and documents are required to register a trademark in the Republic of Armenia and in foreign countries:

Applicant’s name and address;
List of goods and/or services in accordance with ICGS;
10 specimens of the mark;
On claiming convention priority – certified copy of prior application, which is to be submitted either along with the application materials or within 3 months from the application filing date;
Power of Attorney duly signed and sealed by the applicant, otherwise notarized. The Power may be submitted either along with the application materials or within 2 months from the application filing date

Inventions And Utility Models

We will assist in preparing of necessary documents and filing of national or PCT applications for invention or utility model, provide a skilled prosecution on applications at the Armenian IP Agency and further maintenance of the patent.

With the help of its highly skilled Eurasian patent attorneys our company also realizes preparation and filing of the applications to the Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO), involving 9 countries of CIS - Armenia, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. After filing of the applications we provide further prosecution thereon and further maintenance of the patents.

We shall also assist in preparing of license agreements, patent assignment agreements and protection of the patentee’s rights before the Board of Appeal of the Armenian IP Agency and the Court.

For filing an application for invention or utility model the following information and documentation is required:

Title of invention or utility model
Name and address of the applicant and the author(s)
Description of the invention or utility model
Claims of the invention or utility model, comprising one or more points
Drawings or other materials, if they are necessary for perception of the essence of invention or utility model
Abstract of invention or utility model
On claiming convention priority – a certified copy of prior application, which is to be submitted within 3 months from the application filing date
Power of Attorney duly signed and sealed by the applicant, otherwise notarized. The Power can be submitted either along with the application materials or within 2 months from the application filing date

Industrial Designs

Patent attorneys of Patmark provide highly skilled services in registration of industrial designs, including preparing and filing of a design application and its further prosecution at the Armenian Intellectual Property Agency, as well as timely renewal of the registration.

In case of infringement on the rights of the owner of industrial design our attorneys will represent his interests before the Board of Appeal of the Armenian IP Agency or the Court.

We shall also assist in drawing and recordal of license agreement or assignment agreement in respect of the rights for industrial design.

For filing an application for industrial design the following information and documentation is required:

Title of industrial design
Name and address of the applicant and the author(s)
Photo(s) or graphical image(s) of the design, completely or partially disclosing the outward appearance of the product or products included in one application (7 specimens)
Description of industrial design (desirable)
On claiming convention priority – a certified copy of prior application, which is to be submitted within 3 months from the application filing date
Power of Attorney duly signed and sealed by the applicant, otherwise notarized. The Power can be submitted either along with the application materials or within 2 months from the application filing date

Copyright and Related Rights

Notarially certified translations

We propose translation services (notary certified or without) of all types of documents into all languages, including:

- English

- French

- Russian

- Spanish

- Italian

- German

- Chinese

- Portuguese

- Arabic

- Dutch

- Swedish

- Azerbaijani

- Turkish

- Greek

- Georgian

- Ukrainian

- Persian / Iranian, etc.

Translations are performed by licensed translators with high professional skills.

We also offer all types of notarial services and transactions, including:

- drafting and certification of powers of attorney

- inheritance cases

- drafting and certification of purchase and sale (real and movable property) and other contracts

- confirmation of a legal facts, etc.