Trademarks. Legislation


Special Intellectual Property Laws
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1 Law on the protection of trademarks No. 38-XVI (adopted on February 29, 2008, applicable from September 6, 2008)
Regulations on the implementation of special intellectual property laws
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1 Regulation on the procedure of filing, examination and registration of trademarks, approved by the Government Decision of the Republic of Moldova No. 488 of August 13, 2009
 
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. 852 of August 16, 2001 on the use of trademarks – state property
 
3 Government Decision of the Republic of Moldova No. 1080 of October 8, 2001 on approving the list of trademarks – state property
 
4 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
 
5 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(approved by the Order of Director General AGEPI No.73 of May 4, 2002 (the part on registration of assignment contracts was revoked by Order of Director General No.178 of November 25, 2011)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
No.NamePDFDate of signature/adaptationDate of enactment for the first timeDate of enactmentAct
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 Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
04/14/1891 04/14/1891 12/25/1991 Decision of Parliament No 1624 - XII of 26 October 1993
3 Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol
09/26/1981 09/25/1982 12/25/1991 Presidential Decree of the Republic of Moldova No. 229 of 30 December 1993
4 Trademark Law Treaty (TLT)
10/27/1994 08/01/1996 08/01/1996 Parliament Decision No. 614-XIII of 27 October 1995
5 Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks
03/27/2006 03/27/2006 03/16/2009 Law of the Republic of Moldova No. 214-XVI of 23 October 2008
6 Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
06/28/1989 12/01/1995 12/01/1997 Parliament Decision No. 1252-XIII of 10 July 1997
7 Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks
06/15/1957 06/15/1957 12/01/1997 Parliament Decision No. 1251-XIII of 10 July 1997
8 Vienna Agreement Establishing the International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks
06/12/1973 08/09/1985 12/01/1997 Parliament Decision No. 1250-XIII of 10 July 1997
9 Madrid Agreement for the Repression of False or Deceptive Indications of Source on Goods
04/14/1891 04/14/1891 04/05/2001 Law of the Republic of Moldova No. 1330-XIV of 27 October 2000
10 Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs)
04/15/1994 01/01/1995 07/26/2001 Law of the Republic of Moldova No. 218-XV of 01 June 2000