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1. The current trademark regulations in Moldova are mainly based on the Trademark Protection Law No. 38-XVI of February 29, 2008.
2. The Intellectual Property Office of Moldova is responsible for managing trademark affairs, and the official language is Moldovan.
3. The trademark registration in Moldova follows the principle of "application first".
4. At present, the Moldovan Intellectual Property Office adopts the Nice Classification 11th edition for the description of goods and services and accepts applications for multiple categories in one form. The elements that can be registered as trademarks in Moldova include text, letters, numbers, graphics, color combinations, three-dimensional logos, etc.
Moldova is a party to international intellectual property treaties such as the Nairobi Treaty, the Paris Convention, the Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization, the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, the TRIPS Agreement, the Trademark Law Treaty, and the Vienna Agreement; Moldova is both a member of the Madrid Agreement and the Madrid Protocol, so trademark registration can be processed through either "single country registration" or "Madrid international registration".
The Moldovan trademark is valid for 10 years after registration, starting from the date of application; Renewal can be processed within 6 months before the expiration date, with a grace period of 6 months; The renewal is valid for 10 years.
If a trademark is not used for five consecutive years after registration, any interested party may apply to revoke the registered trademark; Except for cases where the right holder is unable to use it normally due to force majeure such as trade restrictions and trade barriers.
1. Trademark design;
2. Category and specific product/service items;
3. Name and address of the applicant;
4. Power of attorney;
If priority is declared, proof of priority must be provided.
Submit application documents to the Moldovan Intellectual Property Office;
The examiner will conduct a formal and substantive examination of the application to confirm whether the application documents are complete and whether the applied trademark meets the basic registration requirements; If the review fails, a rejection notice will be issued and a response will be required within the specified time;;
Once the review is approved, an announcement will be arranged, and the objection period will be 3 months from the announcement date;
If there are no objections or objections are not established during the announcement period, the trademark will be approved for registration and a trademark registration certificate will be issued to the applicant.
