LEGAL BASIS

• Patent Law of July 25, 1997, last amended on October 20, 2009.

MEMBERSHIP IN INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS

• Paris Convention, since December 25, 1995.
• Patent Cooperation Treaty, since December 25, 1995.
• Eurasian Patent Convention, since December 25, 1995.

FILING REQUIREMENTS

• Power of Attorney (no legalization; notarization required in absence of the applicant’s company seal);
• Specification, claims and abstract (to be translated into Azeri);
• Drawings;
• Priority document, if priority is claimed, to be filed within three months from the filing date.

REMARKS

National Phase of PCT: under Chapter I: 30 months; under Chapter II: 31 months.
Validity: twenty years from the filing date.
Annuities: the accumulated annuities are payable after receipt of the allowance decision; subsequent annuities are due on the anniversary of the filing date.
Opposition: is possible within six months from the publication of a patent application, and within six months following the publication of a granted patent.

LEGAL BASIS

• Law on Trademarks and Geographical Indications of June 12, 1998, last amended in 2010.

MEMBERSHIP IN INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS

• Paris Convention, since December 25, 1995.
• Madrid Agreement, since December 25, 1995.
• Madrid Protocol, since April 15, 2007.

FILING REQUIREMENTS

• Power of Attorney (no legalization; notarization required in absence of the applicant’s company seal);
• Prints of the sign to be protected (15);
• List of goods and/or services, according to the International Classification; one application may include goods belonging to more than one International Class (to be translated into Azeri);
• Priority document, if any (to be filed within three months from the filing date).

REMARKS

Kinds of protection: trademarks and service marks (word marks, device marks and combinations thereof). Besides the original version, filing of word mark applications in the Azeri language, as well as in the Cyrillic alphabet is highly recommended, as the Russian language is still being a parallel language in the country.
Classification: International.
Obligation to use the registered mark: must be used; if not used within any five-year period after the registration (or last use) date, the mark can be cancelled upon request of an interested party; nominal use (advertising, publications) is accepted in absence of actual use.
Duration – renewals: 10-year period after the filing date or last renewal date (note: marks re-registered on the basis of the former Soviet Union registrations are due for renewal 10 years after the Azeri filing date, or the last renewal date in the former Soviet Union).
Opposition: possible, within a five-year term after publication of the registered trademark.

LEGAL BASIS

• Patent Law of July 25, 1997.

MEMBERSHIP IN INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS

• Paris Convention, since December 25, 1995.
• Hague Agreement, Geneva Act, since December 8, 2010.

FILING REQUIREMENTS

• Power of Attorney (no legalization; notarization required in absence of the applicant’s company seal);
• Photographs and drawings;
• Specification of the design (to be translated into Azeri);
• Priority document (if any).

REMARKS

Duration – renewals: 10 years from the filing date - can be extended for additional five years.
Opposition: is possible within six months from the publication of an industrial design application, and within six months following the publication of a granted industrial design.

LEGAL BASIS

• There are no specific laws nor published regulations on domain name registration under the .az country code top-level domain name for Azerbaijan.

FILING

• ccTLD: .az
• Applicant: individuals and legal entities.
• Local presence: not required.

REMARKS

Duration – renewals: one year, renewable yearly.
Uniform dispute resolution procedure: none.