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

Greece is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula. It has borders with Albania, the Republic of Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the east. The Aegean Sea lies to the east and south of mainland Greece, while the Ionian Sea lies to the west. Both parts of the Eastern Mediterranean basin feature a vast number of islands, islets and rock islands.

Greece is a developed country, a member of the European Union since 1981, a member of the Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union since 2001, NATO since 1952, the OECD since 1961, the WEU since 1995, a founding member of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation and a member of ESA since 2005. Athens is the capital; Thessaloniki, Patras, Heraklion, Larissa, Volos, Ioannina, Kavala, Rhodes and Serres are some of the country's other major cities.

General Information

Capital:

Athens

Population:

11.2 Million

Languages:

Greek

Government Type:

Parliamentary Republic

Dialing Code:

+30

Timezone:

GMT +2

Monetary Unit:

Euro (€) (EUR)

More information:

Greece

International Arrangements

WIPO Convention
Paris Convention (Industrial Property)
Berne Convention (Literary and Artistic Works)
PCT (Patents)
PLT (Patent Law Treaty)
Madrid Protocol (International Registration of Marks)
Hague Agreement (International Deposit of Industrial Designs)
Nice Agreement (International Classification of Goods and Services)
Rome Convention (Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations),
Strasbourg Agreement (International Patent Classification),
Locarno Agreement (International Classification for Industrial Designs)
Geneva Convention (Unauthorized Duplication of Phonograms)
Brussels Convention (Distribution of Programme-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite),
Budapest Treaty (Deposit of Micro-organisms)
Nairobi Treaty (Olympic Symbol)
WTO: Member and Signatory to TRIPS Agreement
Member of BSEC
Member of EPO
Member of EU
Member of UCC

Patents

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

Filing requirements:
- A Simply signed power of attorney
- Two copies of the specifications and claims
- Two sets of the formal drawings, if any
- A certified copy of the home registration or application with a translation thereof

Granting:
- Twenty years

Renewals:
- 10 years;
- Within 12 months before expiry

Trademarks

Filing requirements:
- Prints of the mark
- The list of the goods / services
- In case of priority claim, priority date and country, serial number/s and an uncertified copy of the priority applications

Granting;
- 10 years from filing date

Renewals;
- 10 years; Within 12 months before expiry

Designs and Models

Filing requirements:
- Power of attorney
- 1 copy of graphic representation or original photograph in quadruplicate
- If priority if claimed
- Documentation regarding succession, if applicable, either notarized or legalized by Apostille
- Must be claimed within six months of priority date

Granting;
- Up to twenty years from the filing date

Renewals;
- Registration of a design confers upon its holder the exclusive right to use that design for a maximum period of twenty five years, subject to renewal every five years

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:

.gr

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