TRADEMARK REGISTRATION

Assessment of novelty of the invention as stipulated in article 60 of the Law on Intellectual Property:

Minimum mandatory information sources:

In order to assess the novelty of a technical solution stated in an application, reference must be made to at least the information in the following mandatory sources (without limiting the reference to such minimum sources):

(i) All other applications accepted by the National Office of Industrial Property with the same classification index number as that of the object stated in the application, calculated to the sub-class stratification index number (third class index number) and which have an announcement date earlier than the lodging or priority date of the application under consideration;

(ii) Applications for inventions or/and patents which other organizations and countries have announced/granted within twenty five (25) years prior to the lodging or priority date stated in the application and which are archived in the patents database and other sources at the National Office of Industrial Property, with the scope and reference stipulated in clause (i) above. 

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