Legislative Implementation of Flexibilities - Albania

Title:	Articles 88-89 and 92-93 of the Law on Industrial Property No. 9947 of 07/07/2008
Field of IP:	Patents
Type of flexibility:	Utility models
Summary table:

Provisions of Law

Article 88 Conditions for Protection

With the exception of processes, animal and plant varieties, the following inventions can be protected by a utility model:

a) inventions which are patentable according to this Law;

b) inventions which are new, susceptible of industrial application and are the result of a creative effort.

Article 89 Novelty and Applicability in Industry

Novelty and applicability in industry of utility models are defined in conformity with the provisions of articles 7 and 10 of this Law.

Article 92 Treatment

The treatment of utility models is the same as the treatment of patents according to this Law, unless otherwise provided in this chapter.

Article 93

Articles 52, 53, 54, 73 and 74 of this Law are valid for and shall be also applied to utility models.