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The PoA can be submitted subsequently, scanned copy is sufficient. The name and the position of the signatory must be clearly indicated. E-signatures are not accepted; If priority is claimed, priority date, number and country. The priority documents must be provided and submitted with translation into Bulgarian; The company number of the applicant. Registration Procedure The Application is filed with and examined by the Patent Office; The application will enter into formality check and absolute grounds examination after which will be published for opposition purposes; Observations based on the absolute grounds and opposition on relative grounds could be filed within three months after the publication; The registration procedure can take up to months, if no opposition was filed, to years, in case an opposition was filed.
Opposition Opposition against the registration of a national trademark can be filed within three months from the date of its publication. For international trademarks designating Bulgaria the opposition period starts running two months after the publication in the Official Bulletin of the BPO.
Duration After being registered, the Trademark is valid for 10 years from the application date; Upon payment of renewal fees the registration of a Trademark can be renewed for a further 10 years. The renewal fees can be paid during the final year of the protection period or within six months after that, with a fine. Recording changes in the Register Assignment of Rights Requirements Power of Attorney simply signed by the Assignee, with the name and the position of the signatory clearly indicated.
Scanned copy is sufficient; Assignment document simply signed by the Assignor and the Assignee. The name and the position of the signatories must be clearly indicated. Scanned copy is sufficient; Change of Name Requirements; Power of Attorney indicating the new name, simply signed by a representative of the Company, with the name and the position of the signatory clearly indicated.
