Bulgaria: Business Environment
Type of property and law | Validity | International Agreements Signed |
Patent Patents Act 1991 |
maximum 16 years |
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) |
Trademark Trademark Law 1999 |
10 years. If the trademark has not been used within 5 years of the deposition then it reverts to the public domain. |
Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks |
Design Industrial Design Law 1999 |
10 years renewable 3 times every 5 years. | |
Copyright Copyright Law and supporting rights |
For the author's lifetime and for 70 years after his death |
Berne convention For the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms Rome ConventionFor the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations WIPO Copyright Treaty WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty |
Industrial Models Industrial Design Law |
10 years and may be renewed 3 times in 5 years. |
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