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Armenia

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Main IP Laws (7 texts)

Title Version Dates Subject Matter
2023
Amended up to :
January 17, 2023
Entry into force :
January 6, 2018
Adopted :
December 8, 2017
Plant Variety Protection
2023
Amended up to :
April 13, 2023
Entry into force :
July 1, 2010
Adopted :
April 29, 2010
Trademarks
2022
Amended up to :
June 9, 2022
Entry into force :
July 1, 2021
Adopted :
March 3, 2021
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
2022
Amended up to :
October 26, 2022
Entry into force :
July 1, 2010
Adopted :
April 29, 2010
Geographical Indications
2021
Entry into force :
July 1, 2021
Adopted :
March 3, 2021
Industrial Designs
2020
Amended up to :
June 18, 2020
Entry into force :
March 24, 1998
Adopted :
February 3, 1998
Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits
2013
Amended up to :
September 30, 2013
Entry into force :
July 22, 2006
Adopted :
June 15, 2006
Copyright and Related Rights (Neighboring Rights)

Implementing Rules/Regulations (4 texts)

Title Version Dates Subject Matter
2023
Amended up to :
October 12, 2023
Entry into force :
December 9, 2010
Adopted :
November 18, 2010
Trademarks
2023
Amended up to :
January 19, 2023
Entry into force :
April 14, 2011
Adopted :
March 10, 2011
Geographical Indications
2022
Entry into force :
June 6, 2022
Adopted :
May 26, 2022
IP Regulatory Body
Decision No. 774-N, (Government Decision on Approval of the Procedures for Examining Appeals, Applications, and Objections by the Appeals Board of the Intellectual Property Office of the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia; for Determining the Level of Secrecy of Inventions and Industrial Designs Containing State and Official Secrets, Their Use and Publication of Related Information; for Completing, Submitting, and Examining Applications for Inventions and Industrial Designs; for the List of Information Published in the Official Bulletin of the Intellectual Property Office of the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia; for Conducting Qualification Examinations and Registration of Patent Attorneys; for the Content of the Registers of Inventions and Industrial Designs, the Forms of Applications for Making Changes Thereto, the Procedure for Making Changes, the Form of Extracts and Their Provision, and for Carrying Out Actions Related to the Maintenance of the Register; for the Form of Patents and the List of Information Contained Therein; for the Forms of Applications for Registration of Licenses (Including Franchising) for Inventions or Industrial Designs, Their Subsequent Amendments and Cancellations, and for Completing, Submitting, and Examining Such Applications; for the Forms of Applications for Registration of Transfer of Rights of the Patent Holder of an Invention or Industrial Design, and for Completing, Submitting, and Examining Such Applications; and on Approval of the Relevant Procedures)
2022
Entry into force :
June 9, 2022
Adopted :
May 26, 2022
IP Regulatory Body
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs

Framework Laws (9 texts)

Title Version Dates Subject Matter
2025
Amended up to :
July 3, 2025
Entry into force :
April 9, 2018
Adopted :
February 9, 2018
Enforcement of IP and Related Laws
2025
Amended up to :
July 3, 2025
Entry into force :
January 7, 2014
Adopted :
December 5, 2013
Enforcement of IP and Related Laws
2025
Amended up to :
July 3, 2025
Entry into force :
July 1, 2022
Adopted :
May 5, 2021
Enforcement of IP and Related Laws
2025
Amended up to :
July 3, 2025
Entry into force :
January 1, 1999
Adopted :
May 5, 1998
Enforcement of IP and Related Laws
Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)
Copyright and Related Rights (Neighboring Rights)
Patents (Inventions)
Utility Models
Industrial Designs
Trademarks
Geographical Indications
Plant Variety Protection
Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits
2025
Amended up to :
July 3, 2025
Entry into force :
July 1, 2022
Adopted :
June 30, 2021
Enforcement of IP and Related Laws
2024
Amended up to :
October 24, 2024
Adopted :
September 14, 2022
Entry into force :
October 17, 2021
Enforcement of IP and Related Laws
2023
Amended up to :
May 3, 2023
Entry into force :
February 10, 2007
Adopted :
December 25, 2006
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
2022
Amended up to :
November 16, 2022
Entry into force :
July 5, 2018
Adopted :
June 13, 2018
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
2020
Amended up to :
June 22, 2020
Entry into force :
December 22, 2015
Adopted :
December 6, 2015
Other

National IP Strategy (1 text)

Title Version Dates Subject Matter
2009
Adopted: :
April 2, 2009
Enforcement of IP and Related Laws

Other Texts (2 texts)

Title Version Dates Subject Matter
2024
Amended up to :
July 3, 2025
Entry into force :
December 15, 2000
Adopted :
November 6, 2000
Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)
1997
Adopted :
December 27, 1997
Other
Industrial Property

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