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

Monaco is a small sovereign city-state located in South Western Europe (Monaco is the name of the country as well as the name of its only city). The territory lies on the northern coast of the Mediterranean Sea.

General Information

Capital:

Monaco

Population:

33 Thousand

Languages:

French

Government Type:

Constitutional monarchy and Principality

Dialing Code:

+377

Timezone:

GMT +1

Monetary Unit:

Euro (€) (EUR)

More information:

Monaco

International Arrangements

WIPO Convention
Paris Convention (Industrial Property)
Berne Convention (Literary and Artistic Works)
PCT (Patents)
PLT (Patent Law Treaty)
Madrid Agreement (False or Deceptive Indications of Source on Goods)
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)
Rome Convention (Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations),
Strasbourg Agreement (International Patent Classification)
Geneva Convention (Unauthorized Duplication of Phonograms)
Budapest Treaty (Deposit of Micro-organisms)
TLT (Trademarks)
WTO: Not a member.
Member of EPO
Member of UCC

Patents

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

Filing requirements:
- Application signed by applicant or attorney;
- Specification(4 typed copies);
- Drawings (4 copies);
- Power of attorney;

Granting:
- Twenty years from the filing date;

Renewals:
- Information was not found;

Trademarks

Filing requirements:
- Application signed by applicant or attorney
- 4 copies of the mark plus 1 copy for every class in addition to the frist one;
- Power of attorney;

Granting:
- Ten years from the filing date;

Renewals;
- Fifteen years from the filing date;

Designs and Models

Filing requirements:
- Application signed by applicant or attorney;
- 4 representations of each design
- Power of attorney
- The applicant may file a description( four copies) or sample(with an additional fee);

Granting:
- Ten years;

Renewals:
- For ten year periods;

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:

.mc

Requirements:
- The owner must have a registered trademark in Monaco or an international trademark which includes Monaco.
- For .mc You need to have an enterprise recognized by the state of the Principality of Monaco and also have an address in Monaco. The name of the company must match the name of the registered domain.
- For .asso.mc The owner must be an Association in Monaco.

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