In order to file an application for registration of a trademark in Bolivia, the foolwing is required:

1. All the details for the mark (name, sign, products/ services).

2. Name and address of the registrant.

3. A Power of Attorney which, once executed, should be duly notarized and legalized by the Bolivian Consulate. One Power of Attorney is sufficient for any and all matters of the same client. According to new regulations, the legalized Power of Attorney should be submitted up to 60 days as of the filing date. No extension is available.

4. When claiming priority a certified copy of the priority document is needed. If it has been filed in a country, which is not under the Paris Convention, the document requires legalization at the Bolivian Consulate too. As mentioned with the Power of Attorney, we now have 60 days, as of the filing date, to submit the priority document(s). This time limit is non-extendible. Priority can be claimed within six months of an application elsewhere.

5. If it is a design-mark application, an electronic sample of the design is required.

All other formal documents will be prepared locally.

Bolivia does not allow multi-class filing; therefore an application must be filed for each mark and each class separately.

In order to file an application for the renewal of a trademark registration in Bolivia, the following is required:

1. The trademark name and registration number or renewal number if it is not the first renewal.

2. Name and address of the applicant.

3. A Power of Attorney duly notarized and legalized through the Bolivian Consulate.

According to new regulations the legalized Power of Attorney should be submitted up to 60 days as of the filing date. No extension is available.

A trademark application may be affected as a result of inter-party action as of the publication of it.

An opposition can be filed within 30 days of the publication of a trademark in the Official Gazette. To oppose an application, we require your instructions plus a valid Power of Attorney and some other documents to be submitted as proof, which are requested according to each case.

If there are previous registrations or applications in any of the Andean Community countries for the same mark, we also need certified copies of them in order to reinforce our arguments.

All documents and the Power of Attorney should be submitted within 30 days as of the date the opposition is filed, and must be legalized by the Bolivian Consulate to be valid.

1. The assignment document duly executed by both the assignor and the assignee is required for the recordal of the assignment of a trademark. This document must be notarized and legalized by the Bolivian Consulate.

2. A Power of Attorney from the assignee duly notarized and legalized by the Bolivian Consulate.

It is now possible to record an assignment for an application as well as a registration.

1. A certified copy of the merger document granted by respective recordation office of the country where the merger was originally recorded.

2. A valid Power of Attorney from the surviving company.

Both documents should be notarized and legalized by the Bolivian Consulate.

It is mandatory to record License Agreements, since this could prove ownership of a mark and the owner of it would have the right to defend against a breach of contract. Bolivian law does not honor a License Agreement that has not been recorded.

1. The license agreement document executed by both parties.

2. A valid Power of Attorney from the assignor.

Both documents should be notarized and legalized by the Bolivian Consulate.