Validity: issued after a formal examination and examination as to patentability and unity of the invention - valid for 20 years.
Annuities: are due for the third and each following year for patent applications and patents counting from the filing date.
Opposition: not provided for.
Kinds of protection: verbal, pictorial, three-dimensional and other designations, in color or their combination. Service marks are registrable.
Classification: International.
Obligation to use the registered mark: compulsory. Non-use during any five-year period after the publication date may lead to cancellation.
Duration – renewals: 10 years from the filing date, renewable every 10 years.
Opposition: provided for within three months from the publication of the trademark.
Duration - renewals: after formal and complete examination: 25 years from the filing date.
Annuities: first five years of protection are paid upon invitation of the IP Office; thereafter, the maintenance fees are paid for 5-year periods upon owner's own initiative.
Opposition: not provided for.
There are no published regulations on domain name registration under the .ks country code top-level domain name for Kosovo.
More information will be provided in a future release.
Area: 10,908 sq. km.
Population: 1,860,000 inhabitants (estimated 2014).
Capital: Pristina.
Language: Albanian (official), Serbian (official), Bosnian, Turkish, Roma.
Currency: the euro is the official currency, but the Serbian dinar is also used in the Serbian-populated areas.
This province, which was under United Nations' administration (UNMIK), declared its independence on February 17, 2008. Kosovo is not a member of the U.N. and remains unrecognized by a substantial number of States worldwide. Kosovo has not yet joined WIPO or any other international IP treaty. Kosovo's government operates independently from the Serbian authorities. The local IP Office was established and became operative on November 19, 2007, enabling filing of national patent and trademark applications in Kosovo on the basis of Kosovo's Industrial Property laws.
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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