Armenia IP: Trademarks, Patents, Industrial Designs, Copyright and Domain Names

Armenia is a landlocked mountainous country in South Caucasus between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. A former republic of the Soviet Union, Armenia is a unitary, multiparty, democratic nation-state with an ancient and historic cultural heritage.

Armenia is a member of more than 40 international organisations, including the United Nations, the Council of Europe, the Asian Development Bank, the Commonwealth of Independent States, the World Trade Organization, the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation, and La Francophonie.

The country is an emerging democracy and, because of its strategic location, lies among both the Russian and Western spheres of influence.

General Information

Capital:

Yerevan

Population:

3,5 Million

Languages:

Armenian

Government Type:

Presidential republic

Dialing Code:

+374

Timezone:

GMT +4

Monetary Unit:

Dram (AMD)

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International Arrangements

WIPO Convention
Paris Convention (Industrial Property)
Berne Convention (Literary and Artistic Works)
PCT (Patents)
Madrid Agreement (International Registration of Marks)
Madrid Protocol (International Registration of Marks)
Hague Agreement (International Deposit of Industrial Designs)
Nice Agreement (International Classification of Goods and Services)
Locarno Agreement (International Classification for Industrial Designs)
Strasbourg Agreement (International Patent Classification)
Vienna Agreement (International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks)
Geneva Convention (Unauthorized Duplication of Phonograms), since January 2003
Brussels Convention (Distribution of Programme-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite),
Budapest Treaty (Deposit of Micro-organisms)
WCT (WIPO Copyright Treaty)
WPPT (WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty)
WTO: Observer.
Member of EAPO

Patents

Types of patents:
- Patents of Invention
- Patents of PCT

Filing requirements:
- Power of attorney;
- Specification with claims and abstract,
- Drawings;
- Priority document, if priority is claimed, to be filed within three months from the filing;

Granting:
- Twenty years from the filing date

Renewals:
None

Trademarks

Filing requirements:
- Power of attorney;
- The sign to be protect, 10 prints;
- List of goods and service;
- Priority document with three months from the filing date

Granting:
- Ten years counted from the filing date;

Renewals:
- For ten years periods

Designs and Models

Filing requirements:
- Power of attorney;
- Photograph and drawings;
- Specification of the design;
- Priority document;

Granting:
- Five years counted from the filing date

Renewals:
- None

Copyrights

Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works

As a member of the Berne Convention, it is possible to copyright protect creative works in this country, as well as all the other member nations automatically (more than 160 countries), with one single application.

For more information and to submit us your works for worldwide copyright protection, click here.

Domain Names

Domain extension:

.am

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Armenia IP: Trademarks, Patents, Industrial Designs, Copyright and Domain Names