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ACT ON PATENTS AND REGISTRATION OF UTILITY MODELS, amend. and suppl. SG. 92/27 Oct 2020
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TRADEMARKS AND GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS ACT - Prom. SG. 98/13 Dec 2019
815 KB
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN ACT, amend. and suppl. SG. 92/27 Oct 2020
757 KB
ACT ON THE TOPOLOGY OF THE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS, amend. and suppl. SG. 92/27 Oct 2020
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ACT ON PROTECTION OF NEW PLANT VARIETIES AND ANIMAL BREEDS, amend. and suppl. SG. 92/27 Oct 2020
595 KB
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE CODE, amend. and suppl. SG. 15/19 Feb 2021
1.33 MB
CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, amend. and suppl. SG. 15/19 Feb 2021
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Ordinance on preparation, filing and examination of patent applications, prom. SG33/28.03.2008
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Ordinance on the submission of applications and issue of supplementary protection certificates /SPCs/ for medicinal products and plant protection products, prom. SG 19/02. 03.2007
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Ordinance on secret patents, amended SG8/28 January 2014
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Ordinance on the preparation, filing and examination of applications for registration of trademarks and geographical indications
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Ordinance on the preparation, filing and examination of oppositions under the Trademarks and Geographical indications Act
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Ordinance on the Preparation , Filing and Examination of Applications for Registration of Industrial Designs, amend. SG 52/08.07.2011
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Ordinance on handling disputes under the Law on Patents and Utility Models Registration, prom.SG21/15 March2011
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Ordinance on handling of disputes under the Trademarks and Geographical indications Act
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Инструкция № 1 от 9 март 2022 г. за водене, поддържане и предоставяне на достъп до държавните регистри и до досиетата на обектите на индустриална собственост
https://dv.parliament.bg/DVWeb/showMaterialDV.jsp?idMat=170990
Instruction for the Examination of Requests for Provisional Protection of Applications on the Grant of European Patents and Requests for Effect of Granted European Patents on the Territory of the Republic of Bulgaria
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Instruction for preparation, filing and formal expertise of Integrated Circuit Topographies
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Instruction on the procedure for examination at the Patent Office of applications for new plant varieties and animal breeds certificates
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Directive 2004/48/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 29 April 2004 on the enforcement of intellectual property rights
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/BG/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32004L0048
Directive 98/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 1998 on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/BG/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A31998L0044
Directive (EU) 2015/2436 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2015 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/BG/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32015L2436
Directive 98/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 1998 on the legal protection of designs
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/BG/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A31998L0071
Regulations
Regulation (EC) No 1610/96 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 1996 concerning the creation of a supplementary protection certificate for plant protection products
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/BG/TXT/?uri=celex%3A31996R1610
Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 of 27 July 1994 on Community plant variety rights
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/BG/TXT/?uri=CELEX:01994R2100-20080131
Council Regulation (EC) No 1650/2003 of 18 June 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 on Community plant variety rights
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/BG/ALL/?uri=CELEX:32003R1650
Regulation (EC) No 469/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 concerning the supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/bg/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32009R0469
Regulation (EU) 2019/933 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2019 amending Regulation (EC) No 469/2009 concerning the supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/BG/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R0933
Council Regulation (EC) No 491/2009 of 25 May 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/BG/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32009R0491
Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2008 on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1576/89
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/BG/ALL/?uri=CELEX:32008R0110
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/BG/TXT/?uri=celex:32013R1308
Regulation (EU) No 251/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of aromatised wine products and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/91
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/BG/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32014R0251
Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/BG/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32012R1151
Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on the European Union trade mark
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/BG/ALL/?uri=CELEX%3A32017R1001
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2245/2002 of 21 October 2002 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 on Community designs
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/BG/ALL/?uri=CELEX%3A32002R2245
Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 of 12 December 2001 on Community designs
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/BG/ALL/?uri=celex%3A32002R0006
Consolidated text: Commission Regulation (EC) No 637/2009 of 22 July 2009 establishing implementing rules as to the suitability of the denominations of varieties of agricultural plant species and vegetable species
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/BG/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02009R0637-20130828
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625 of 5 March 2018 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Union trade mark, and repealing Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1430
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/BG/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32018R0625
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/626 of 5 March 2018 laying down detailed rules for implementing certain provisions of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Union trade mark, and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1431
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/BG/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32018R0626
International Law Sources
Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
https://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/paris/
Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization
https://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/convention/
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
https://wipolex.wipo.int/en/text/488122
Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure
https://wipolex.wipo.int/en/text/283784
Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs
https://wipolex.wipo.int/en/text/284501
Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
https://wipolex.wipo.int/en/text/283530
Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration
https://wipolex.wipo.int/en/text/285856
Madrid Agreement for the Repression of False or Deceptive Indications of Source on Goods
https://wipolex.wipo.int/en/text/286779
International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants
https://www.upov.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/upov_pub_221.pdf
Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks
https://wipolex.wipo.int/en/treaties/textdetails/12737
Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks
https://wipolex.wipo.int/en/treaties/textdetails/12617
Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs
https://wipolex.wipo.int/en/text/286253
European Patent Convention (EPC)
https://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/scp/en/confidentiality_advisors_clients/docs/03_epc.pdf
Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification
https://wipolex.wipo.int/en/treaties/textdetails/12675
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