Document for protection and keep in force
What does it mean to
keep the document for protection in force?
Filing the application for or grant the document for protection does not exhaust all procedures. The main responsibility for each holder of an application or a document for protection remains the care to keep the application/granted document in force.
Maintaining up-to-date data in the State registers is part of this responsibility. All changes shall have effect for third parties since its entry in the official registers of the Bulgarian patent office. This for example may be a change of the name or address of the applicant/holder or etc. The Bulgarian Patent Office does not monitor the changes. This remains the responsibility of the holder or applicant.
Applicants or owners are able to exercise their exclusive rights on industrial property objects. This can happen through the conclusion of a license agreement or through an agreement for the transfer of rights. Licensing agreements, as well as transfer agreements, are also subject to entry in the official registers of the Patent Office.
“Entries in State Registers”
All these responsibilities of applicants or proprietors are accepted as Entries in State Registers of the Bulgarian Patent Office. Documents filed must be legally valid. They are subject to verification by the legal department. In the presence of irregularities, the requested entries may be refused.
The granted documents for protection need to be kept in force by paying annual fees or by renewing the registration for a certain period of time. These activities are the responsibility of the owners of the documents for protection and no institution is involved in monitoring the payment deadlines, due to the fact that the maintenance of the documents for protection is carried out only at the request of their owner. The terms for payment and fees for maintaining the protection are determined depending on the object of industrial property to which they refer. Missing the deadline or insufficient payment of the fee is fatal to the validity of the document of protection.
In order to keep the documents for protection in force, it is necessary to monitor the deadlines for payment of:
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Keeping in force of documents for protection by “BV & Ko”
Engineering patent law firm “BV & Ko” can engage in the preparation of the entire package of documents for requesting the entries in State Registers. Let us take care of their proper entry. Our fields of activity include the preparation of specific packages of documents such as:
⋅ Package of documents for the transfer of rights regarding patent, utility model, trademark or industrial design, including preparation of a “Contract for transfer of rights”
⋅ Package of documents for granting licenses for a patent, utility model, trademark or industrial design, including preparation of a “License Agreement”
⋅ Package of documents for entering a change in name, address, etc. of the owner or the applicant
⋅ Package of documents for correction of the technical error to the fault of the Patent Office or due to the fault of the applicant or the owner
Through the representation of “BV&Ko” before the Bulgarian Patent Office, you can guarantee that you will not miss the important deadlines for payment of maintenance fees, as we accept this responsibility as a personal commitment. Our care is to inform you in a timely manner about the amount of the fee due or to pay it on your behalf. We can engage in the following activities:
⋅ Subscription contract for monitoring deadlines for annual patent fees or renewal of registration of a utility model, trademark, or industrial design
⋅ Payment of official fees or annual patent fees or renewal of registration of a utility model, trademark, or industrial design
