Patent Office for Trademarks and Designs

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The Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria is the national state authority for the protection of rights to objects of industrial property. The Patent Office provides a series of training videos in the field of trademarks and designs, explaining how to protect a design as an object of industrial property, the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry announced.

Video: How to register your trademark in Bulgaria
The purpose of the training video is to provide information about the centralized portal for the classification of goods and services in the field of trademarks TMclass. The video provides access not only to a harmonized database valid within the European Union, but also to a worldwide database.

A TRADEMARK, according to Art. 9, is a sign capable of distinguishing the goods and services of one person from those of other persons and can be represented graphically. Such signs may be words, including names of persons, letters, numerals, drawings, figures, the shape of the goods or their packaging, combinations of colors, sound signs, or any combinations of such signs.

The Paris Convention divides them into trademarks and well-known marks (which must enjoy greater protection). Bulgarian law divides them into three categories (Art. 50a):

1. Well known in the territory of Bulgaria. They prevent the registration of similar marks when registration is sought for the same or similar goods or services. They are determined by classes and subclasses of goods and services according to the Nice Classification, ratified by Bulgaria.
2. Generally known in the territory of Bulgaria. A similar mark cannot be registered, but for all classes of goods and services. How is it assessed whether a mark is known or generally known - the most important thing is that it means something to consumers: sociological surveys and polls are used. There are also objective criteria: that it is actually present on the market; that it can be proven that funds were invested in its promotion (advertising, efforts to publicize the mark).
3. Community trademark - A Community trademark is a trademark registered with the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) under the terms and procedures of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (Art. 72a).

The Patent Office for Trademarks and Designs предлагает to see:

Video: How to register an industrial design in Bulgaria
“Hello, I would like to register my design. What should I do?” – you will find the answer in the video.

Video: Trademark reform in Bulgaria
The purpose of the trademark reform is to facilitate the registration and management of trademarks throughout the European Union. Watch the video to learn what the purpose of the trademark reform is, what changes there are in trademark applications, what changes there are in trademark registration, what changes there are for trademark owners, and what else you need to know about the reform in the field of trademarks.

Video: Basic knowledge about the trademark and design as objects of industrial property

The Patent Office has also prepared an animated video for students. Its purpose is to give them basic knowledge about the trademark and design as objects of industrial property.

You can order training videos by contacting us at tel.+359 878 685 304 or by writing to us using the form below: