Costa Rica IP: Trademarks, Patents, Industrial Designs, Copyright and Domain Names

Costa Rica is a country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the east and south, the Pacific Ocean to the west and south and the Caribbean Sea to the east. Costa Rica, which translates literally as "Rich Coast", was the first country in the world to constitutionally abolish its army. Among Latin American countries, Costa Rica ranks 4th in terms of the 2007 Human Development Index. The country is ranked 5th in the world, and 1st among the Americas, in terms of the 2008 Environmental Performance Index. In 2007 the government of Costa Rica stated that they want Costa Rica to be the first country to become carbon neutral by 2021.

General Information

Capital:

San José

Languages:

Spanish

Government Type:

Constitutional Democracy Presidential Republic

Dialing Code:

+506

Timezone:

GMT -6

Monetary Unit:

Costa Rican colón (CRC)

More information:

Costa Rica

International Arrangements

WIPO Convention
Paris Convention (Industrial Property)
Berne Convention (Literary and Artistic Works)
PCT (Patent)
Lisbon Agreement (Appellations of Origin)
Rome Convention (Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations)
Geneva Convention (Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms)
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: Member and Signatory to TRIPS Agreement
Member of UCC

Patents

Types of Patents:
- Patents of Invention
- Patents of PCT
Filing requirements:
- Applicant and inventor details;
- Specifications, claims, abstract and drawings;
- A Power of attorney duly legalized up to the Costa Rican Consulate;
- A Certified copy of the home application or priority document (including the specifications, claims and abstract) duly legalized up to the Costa Rican Consulate;

Granting:
Twenty years from filing date

Renewals:
Information not found

Trademarks

Filing requirements:
- Power of attorney legalized up to the Costa Rican Consulate ;
- Details of the Applicant;
- Details of the mark;
- Classes and list of goods;
- Home registration certificate legalized up to the Consulate, in case not registered yet, and then a Statement of Adopted Trademark must be executed and legalized;

Granting:
10 Years from the date of Application

Renewals:
10 years

Designs and Models

Filing requirements:
- Summary description of the design or industrial model, in no more than 100 words. A precise indication of the type of products to be covered by the design or model;
- Power of attorney;
- Certified copy of home registration;
- Assignment agreement if applicant is not the designer, legalized by a Costa Rican Consulate;
- 5 graphic representations of the design or model

Granting:
- Ten years from filing date

Renewals:
- Was not found information

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:

.cr

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Costa Rica IP: Trademarks, Patents, Industrial Designs, Copyright and Domain Names