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

Luxembourg is a small landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany.

Luxembourg is a founding member of the European Union, NATO, the United Nations, Benelux, and the Western European Union, reflecting the political consensus in favour of economic, political, and military integration. The city of Luxembourg, the capital and largest city, is the seat of several institutions and agencies of the European Union.

Luxembourg lies on the cultural divide between Romance Europe and Germanic Europe, borrowing customs from each of the distinct traditions. Luxembourg is a trilingual country; German, French and Luxembourgish are official languages. Although a secular state, Luxembourg is predominantly Roman Catholic.

General Information

Capital:

Luxembourg

Population:

480 Thousand

Languages:

German

Languages:

French

Languages:

Luxembourguish

Government Type:

Parliamentary democracy and Constitutional grand duchy

Dialing Code:

+352

Monetary Unit:

Euro (€) (EUR)

More information:

Luxembourg

International Arrangements

WIPO Convention
Paris Convention (Industrial Property)
Berne Convention (Literary and Artistic Works)
PCT (Patents)
PLT (Patent Law Treaty)
Madrid Agreement (International Registration of Marks)
Madrid Protocol (International Registration of Marks), since April 1998.
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)
Geneva Convention (Unauthorized Duplication of Phonograms)
Vienna Agreement (International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks)
WTO: Member and Signatory to TRIPS Agreement
Member of Benelux
Member of Benelux Trademark Office
Member of Benelux Designs Office
Member of EPO
Member of EU
Member of UCC

Patents

Types of Patents:
Patents of Invention
Patents of PCT

Filing requirements:
- Applicant's full name and address;
- Inventor full name and address;
- Title of the invention
- Claim of priority, stating country, filing date(s), and serial number(s) of foreign application(s), from which priority is claimed, and the name of the applicant of the priority applications(s). Priority must be claimed within four months of filing date;
- 3 copies of description and claims, either in French, in German or in English(if description and claims are in English, a French or German translation of the claims is required;
- Drawings: 3 sets of formal drawings; the drawings should be numbered
- Assignment of priority rights, if the Luxembourg applicant is not identical to the applicant of the priority application;
- Declaration signed by the inventor, if the inventor wishes his name to be kept secret;
- Priority document

Granting:
- Twenty years from the filing date

Renewals:
- No found information

Trademarks

- Trademarks rights in Luxembourg are administered under the Uniform Benelux Trade Marks Act, which came into force in January 1971.

Designs and Models

Filing requirements
- Designs rights in Luxembourg are administered under the Uniform Benelux Trade Marks Act, which came into force in January 1971

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:

.lu

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