Requirements
Requirements for Filing Trademark Applications
1. Full legal name and address and nationality of the applicant.
2. Twenty prints of the mark in size 5x8 cm or 8x8 cm.
3. If priority is claimed, certified priority documents. Priority documents can be admitted within three months from the filing date of a trademark application without any costs. No extension of time for late filing of priority documents.
4. A list of the goods/services classified in accordance with Nice Classification.
5. If colors are claimed, the indication of each color claimed.
6. A Power of Attorney; it should bear the applicant’s seal (stamp) and sign, (no notarization or legalization). The Power can be admitted within two months from the filing date of an application without any costs. No extension of time for late filing of the Power.
Notes
- The timeframe required for completing a registration process is approximately 9 - 12 months from the filing date of an application, including: formal examination within one month, substantive examination within five or six months, registration and issuance Certificate of Registration within two months.
- Publication of the registered trademark is provided within 3 months from its registration date.
- An individual person can register a trademark as well as a company.
- Multi-class application is acceptable in Azerbaijan.
- The duration of the trademark registration is 10 years as of the filing date of an application.