National Phase of PCT: under Chapter I: 31 months; under Chapter II: 31 months.
Validity: issued after formal examination - valid for 20 years from the filing date.
Annuities: are to be paid after the grant of the patent.
Opposition: none.
Kinds of protection: verbal, pictorial, or a combination of both, two- and three-dimensional designations. Collective marks and service marks are registrable.
Classification: International.
Obligation to use the registered mark: compulsory. Non-use during any five-year period of effective registration allows any interested party to require cancellation of the registration.
Duration - renewals: 10 years from the filing date, renewable for further 10-year periods.
Opposition: possible within three months from the publication date.
Duration - renewals: after formal examination: 5 years. Extension: four additional 5-year periods.
Opposition: third parties may contest the registration of a design before the Board of Appeal, within three months from the date of publication in the Official Gazette.
Duration – renewals: one to five years, renewable.
Uniform dispute resolution procedure: none.
Area: 64,589 sq. km.
Population: 2,100,000 (estimated 2016).
Capital: Riga.
Language: Latvian (official), Russian, English (widely spoken).
Currency: Euro.
The Republic of Latvia was founded in 1918. It has been continuously recognized as a state by other countries since 1920 despite occupations by the Soviet Union (1940-1941, 1945-1991) and Germany (1941-1945). On August 21, 1991, Latvia re-established its independence.
Latvia joined NATO in 2004 and is a member of the European Union since May 1, 2004.
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