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Law on Patents and Utility Models Registration (SG No. 27/1993, as amended up to December 23, 2022), Bulgaria

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Year of Version 2022 Dates Amended up to: December 23, 2022 Entry into force: June 1, 1993 Promulgated: April 2, 1993 Type of Text Main IP Laws   Subject Matter Patents (Inventions), Utility Models Subject Matter (secondary) Enforcement of IP and Related Laws, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Genetic Resources, IP Regulatory Body

Available Texts Main text(s) Main text(s) Bulgarian Закон за патентите и регистрацията на полезните (ДВ. бр.27/1993, изменен до 23.12.2022 г.) PDF
Legislation Implements (8 text(s)) Implements (8 text(s))
Regulation (EU) No. 608/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 concerning customs enforcement of intellectual property rights and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No. 1383/2003 (EU187)
Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use (EU173)
Regulation (EC) No. 469/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 concerning the supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products (Codified version) (EU088)
Directive 2004/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the enforcement of intellectual property rights (EU053)
Council Regulation (EC) No. 1383/2003 of 22 July 2003 concerning customs action against goods suspected of infringing certain intellectual property rights and the measures to be taken against goods found to have infringed such rights (EU051)
Directive No. 98/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 1998 on the Legal Protection of Biotechnological Inventions (EU036)
Regulation (EC) No. 1610/96 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 1996 concerning the creation of a supplementary protection certificate for plant protection products (Official Journal of the EU L 198, 08/08/1996, p. 30) (EU091)
Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1768/92 of 18 June 1992 concerning the creation of a supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products (EU013)
 Supersedes (9 text(s)) Supersedes (9 text(s))
Law on Patents and Utility Models Registration (SG No. 27/1993, as amended up to October 27, 2020) (BG107)
Law on Patents and Utility Models Registration (SG No. 27/1993, as amended up to December 13, 2019)(BG087)
Law on Patents and Utility Models Registration (SG No. 27/1993, as amended up to 18.07.2017)(BG076)
Law on Patents and Utility Models Registration (SG No. 27/1993, as amended up to July 1, 2012)(BG067)
Law on Patents and Utility Models Registration (SG No. 27/1993, as amended up to March 9, 2010)(BG050)
Law on Patents and Utility Models Registration (SG No. 27/1993, as amended up to July 20, 2007)(BG044)
Patent Law (SG No. 27/1993, as amended up to July 9, 2002)(BG036)
Law on Patents and Utility Models Registration (SG No. 27/1993, as amended up to September 14, 1999)(BG032)
Law on Patents and Utility Models Registration (SG No. 27/1993)(BG003)
 Is amended by (2 text(s)) Is amended by (2 text(s))
Law on Amendments to the Law on Patents and Utility Models Registration (SG No. 92/2020) (BG108)
Law on Trademarks and Geographical Indications (SG No. 98/2019, as amended on October 27, 2020) (BG110)
Is implemented by (13 text(s)) Is implemented by (13 text(s))
Tariff of Fees Collected by the Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria (as amended up to April 14, 2020) (BG097)
Rules on the Organization of the Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria (as amended up to November 5, 2019)  (BG099)
Decree of the Council of Ministers No. 161 of August 6, 2017, on Approval of the Regulation on Industrial Property Representatives  (BG100)
Regulation on Industrial Property Representatives (repealed on September 9, 2017) (BG096)
Rules on the Organization of the Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria (repealed on September 30, 2016)  (BG105)
Rules on the Organization of the Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria (SG No. 14/2015) (BG104)
Regulation on the Secret Patents (as amended on February 1, 2014)  (BG095)
Rules on the Organization of the Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria (repealed on January 31, 2014)  (BG098)
Rules on the Organization of the Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria (repealed on September 1, 2014)  (BG101)
Rules on the Organization of the Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria (SG No. 76/2014) (BG103)
Regulation on the Disputes Procedure for Claims under the Law on Patents and Utility Models Registration (BG052)
Rules on the Organization of the Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria (SG No. 21/2011) (BG051)
Regulation on the Drafting, Filing and Examination of Applications for the Registration of Patents (BG018)
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