Industrial design. Legislation


Special Intellectual Property Laws
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1 Law on protection of industrial designs No. 161-XVI (adopted on July 12, 2007, applicable from December 1, 2007)
Regulations on the implementation of special intellectual property laws
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1 Regulation on the procedure of filing, examination and registration of industrial designs, approved by the Government Decision of the Republic of Moldova No.1496 of December 29, 2008
 
Government Decisions of the Republic of Moldova
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1 Government Decision of the Republic of Moldova No. 774 of August 13, 1997 on the fees for the services with legal significance in the field of intellectual property
 
2 Government Decision of the Republic of Moldova No. 1425 of December 2, 2003 on the mode and conditions of permission grant to use the official or historical name of the state in the trademark and industrial design
 
3 Government Decision of the Republic of Moldova No. 1609 of December 31, 2003 on approving the Regulation on intellectual property objects created within the performance of duties
 
4 Government Decision of the Republic of Moldova No. 257 of April 2, 2009 on approving the Regulation of the Appeal Board of the State Agency on Intellectual Property
 
Other normative acts approved by the Order of Director General AGEPI
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1 Regulation on the access to the information held by the AGEPI (approved by the Order of Director General AGEPI No.63 of June 2, 2009)
 
2 Regulation on the modification of data in the application documents and in the national registers of industrial property objects and registration of assignment contracts for the transfer of rights in industrial property objects (approved by the Order of Director General AGEPI No.73 of May 4, 2002 (the part on registration of assignment contracts was revoked by Order of Director General No.178 of November 25, 2011)
 
Other normative acts
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1 Law of the Republic of Moldova No.322-XV of July 18, 2003 on declaring the Complex “Combinatul de Vinuri” "Cricova" JSC as an object of the cultural national heritage of the Republic of Moldova
 
2 Law of the Republic of Moldova No. 199-XVI of July 28, 2005 on provision to the goods of the State Enterprise “Combinatul de vinuri de calitate” „Mileştii Mici” the status of object of the national cultural heritage of the Republic of Moldova
 
International Conventions, Agreements, Treaties
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1 Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
03/20/1983 03/20/1983 12/25/1991 Decision of Parliament No 1328 - XII of 11 March 1993
2 Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs
11/06/1925 11/06/1925 03/14/1994 Presidential Decree of the Republic of Moldova No. 229 of 30 December 1993
3 Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs
10/08/1968 04/27/1971 12/01/1997 Parliament Decision No. 1249-XIII of 10 July 1997