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The e -trademark registration certificate has become a new official certificate, replacing the previous default paper certificate. Intellectual property owners can still pay the paper copy and certificate copy of the paper after paying the prescribed fee.
The transformation from the paper registration certificate to the electronic registration certificate will make the trademark right holder easier to get registered, and once the trademark is allowed to register, they will have the opportunity to receive the certificate at a faster speed.
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The Czech Republic
The Czech Republic was in 2022 6 On the 2nd, the addition of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WII) to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WII) to join the \"Origin Name and Geographical Symbol Lisbon Agreement Geneva Text\".
The Geneva Text allows manufacturers of high -quality products directly related to the place of origin to submit a application to WIPO and pay a set of fees to protect their product names through the name of the origin or geographical indication.
The Czech Republic is one of the signed countries of the 1958 \"Protection of Origin Name and its International Registration Lisbon Agreement\".
At present, the Czech Republic has registered more than 70 origin names under the Reisbon system, and joining the Lisbon Agreement Geneva Text will further help Czech manufacturers to protect their high -quality origin products.
Since July 1, 2022, the Portuguese Industrial Property Office (INPI) The update intellectual property fee statement will be implemented. The new table generally increased by about 1%, but some costs were not affected.
Similar expenses also involve patent expenses. The cost of submitting patent applications online rose from 107.73 euros to 109.07 euros. Similar percentage growth has also occurred in the online submission of patent fees. The 10th annual fee is 376.46 euros.371.85 euro. The 15th annual fee rose from 584.31 euros to 591.56 euros, and the 20 -year annual fee rose from 743.68 euros to 752.90 euros.
The expenses that submit an online submission include an exterior design application that does not exceed 5 appearance design variants will increase from 107.73 euros to 109.07 euros. The annual annual fee of paying the design of the design has increased slightly less than one euro. The third annual fee rose from 43.09 euros to 43.62 euros, and the fifth annual fee rose from 64.63 euros to 65.43 euros.
The slight rise in Portuguese intellectual property costs reflects the trend of inflation in the region. The current low cost is used to complete the relevant actions before using the current lower cost.
A single patent of the European Patent Office
Unified Patent (UP) and Unified Patent Patent The final preparations for the implementation of the court (UPC) are underway, and the unified patent system is expected to start at the end of this year.
A single patent will provide another protection way for existing European patent innovation protection. After the implementation of the system, the right holder will be able to obtain patent effects in all countries involved in a single patent system. There are currently 17 EU member states.
Like the European patent, a single patent will be authorized by the European Patent Administration (EPO). European patent rights holders can ask for additional inventions as a single patent. A single patent application shall be submitted within one month after its European patent authorization.
Once implemented, if the applicant's four or more EU countries participating in the system seek patent effect, the single patent system will provide more cost -effectiveness than European patents than European patents Protection path. Starting from the fourth month after the German approval of the UPC agreement, the unified patent court was established and the unified patent system came into effect.
Zambia has become the latest country to join TMView search tools. Starting from June 13, 2022, the trademark data of the Zambia Patent and Company Registration Bureau (PACRA) can be queried at the TMView database.
On April 13, 2010, TMView came out and could access more than 106.5 million trademark information. Among them, Zambia Patent and Enterprise Registration Bureau contributed more than 60,000 trademarks. Zambia is the 77th office to participate in the tool. The most frequent users from the database from the United States and the SpiritTeeth, Germany, Italy and China.
Zambia's joining TMView is the direct result of Africa Intellectual Property (IPR) Action (AFRIPI) project.The project is guided by the European Commission and implemented by the EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and was funded by the European Union.
