National Phase of PCT: under Chapter I: 31 months; under Chapter II: 31 months.
Validity: issued after a full examination – valid for 20 years.
Annuities: are to be paid after the grant of a patent.
Opposition: after publication of an application any person may file observations regarding the patentability of the application’s object.
Kinds of protection: trademarks comprising a word or device or a combination of both, two- and three-dimensional designations, colors. Services marks are registrable.
Classification: International.
Obligation to use the registered mark: use is obligatory within any five-year period. The public offer for use of the trademark through the press has the validity of usage.
Duration - renewals: 10 years; always renewable for further 10-year periods.
Opposition: may be lodged within three months from the date of publication of an application.
Duration – renewals: after formal examination: 5 years from the filing date, extendible four times by 5-year periods.
Opposition: not provided for.
Duration – renewals: one year, renewable.
Uniform dispute resolution procedure: available (arbitration) before CZ.NIC.
Area: 78,864 sq. km.
Population: 10,516,000 inhabitants (estimated 2013).
Capital: Prague (Praha).
Languages: Czech (official), Slovak.
Currency: Kc (crowns).
The former Czechoslovakia separated on December 31, 1992 into two independent States, the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic ( Slovakia).
On January 1, 1993, a Czech Patent Office was established in Prague and a Slovak Patent Office in Bratislava (and from 1995, in Banska Bystrica). Applicants having pending patent or trademark applications at the former Czechoslovakian Patent Office are allowed to decide whether they want to continue the prosecution in the Czech or the Slovak Republic or in both of them. As of January 1, 1993, Czech patents and trademark registrations are granted by the Czech Patent Office, while Slovak patents and trademark registrations are granted by the Slovak Patent Office.
The Czech Republic is a member of the European Union as of May 1, 2004. All Regulations are valid in the Czech Republic.
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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