Intellectual property in Armenia

Intellectual Property

National Organisations: The authority protecting the intellectual rights in Armenia is the Intellectual Property Office. It was established in March 2002 and operates under the Ministry of Trade and Economic Development.
Regional Organisations: Armenia has signed regional and international agreements in terms of intellectual property such as the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, the Eurasian Patent Organization, the Wipo Copyright treaty, among others.

Type of property and law	Validity	International Agreements Signed
Patent Law on Patents, 1999.	20 years, when the patent was granted on a basis of a substantive examination (principal patent), or for 10 years, when it was granted without carrying out of a substantive examination (preliminary patent).
Trademark Law on Trademarks, Service Marks and Appellations of Origins	10 years initial period	Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
Design Law on Patents (Industrial Property Legislation)(1999)	15 years.
Copyright Law on Copyright and Neighboring Rights (2006)	The author’s economic rights shall run for the whole life of the author and for 50 years after his death. The economic rights of the author holding copyright can be transferred by inheritance.
Industrial Models Law on Patents	10 years.

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