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Patent System of the Republic of Armenia

Intellectual property protection system in Armenia is formed by the establishment of the Patent Office under the Government of the Republic of Armenia (the Republic of Armenia Government Decree No. 54 from 26 January, 1993) and the National Agency of Copyright (the Republic of Armenia Government Decree ь 645 from December 27, 1993). Further the Intellectual Property Agency of the Republic of Armenia was established by merger of the above two organizations (the Republic of Armenia Government Decree ь 197 from 6 March 2002), which has the status of separate division acting within the Ministry of Trade and Economic Development.

At present the laws regulating the legal field of intellectual property are:

• The Republic of Armenia Law on Patents;
• The Republic of Armenia Law on Trade Names;
• The Republic of Armenia Law on Trademarks, Service Marks and Appellation of Origin;
• The Republic of Armenia Law on Legal Protection of Integral Microcircuit Topologies;
• The Republic of Armenia Law on Copyright and Related Rights.

Parallel to the development of the national system of intellectual property in the Republic of Armenia the international cooperation has been continued and enlarged. Today the Republic of Armenia is a member of the following international agreements and international organizations:

• Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, 25 December, 1991
• Berne Convention on Literary and Artistic Works, 19 October, 2000
• Madrid Agreement on the International Registration of Marks, 25 December, 1991
• Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), 25 December, 1991
• Intergovernmental Council on Industrial Property Protection Issues, 12 March, 1992
• World Intellectual Property Organization, 22 April, 1993
• European Patent Organization, 27 February, 1996
• Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks, 19 October, 2000
• Brussels Convention Relating to the Distribution of Programme-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite, 13 December, 1993
• The Eurasian Patent Organization, 27 February 1996
• Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks19 October 2000
• Geneva Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms, against unauthorized Duplication of their Phonograms, 31 January, 2003
• Rome convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers, of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations, 31 January 2003