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In this regard, in 2020, è the Bilateral Agreement on Investment Promotion and Protection between Italy and Turkmenistan – was ratified, which will have a duration of 10 years and includes the possibility of extension for an additional 5 years – in order to increase cooperation between the two countries and promote the creation of a favorable investment environment.
Studio Legale de Capoa, thanks to its more than 30 years of experience in the field of international law, as well as to the close collaborative relationships it maintains with qualified local professionals and native-speaking in-house associates, can offer entrepreneurs interested in operating in the country quick, efficient and fully aware of the complexity of the country’s legal-economic reality.
The protection of trademarks in the Republic of Turkey è guaranteed both by domestic legislation and by the country’s accession to the Madrid Protocol.
Foreign entrepreneurs can apply for registration of their trademarks directly with the Turkmenistan Patent and Trademark Office, accompanying their application with a reproduction of the trademark and an indication of the relevant classes, according to the Nice Convention. The official languages of proceedings before the Trademark Office are Russian and Turkmen. As such, the application must be filed in one of the two languages; however, documents accompanying the application may be filed in any language.
It should also be noted that if the foreign entrepreneur does not have a permanent establishment in Turkmenistan, it is necessary to appoint a licensed trademark attorney/advisor in the country. In procedural terms, national trademark filing involves both formal and substantive verification is completed with the following process.
After submission to the Trademark Office, the application is examined within approximately 11 months. Once it has been verified as admissible, the Office initiates the publication of the application in the Official Trademark Bulletin. From this moment, within the period of 3 months, those interested in the registration may make an’opposition to it. In the event that such opposition takes place, the applicant è be allowed a right of reply within the 3-month period. After the aforementioned time limits have expired, the proceeding shall be considered concluded and, on the basis of the application and any opposition or reply, the Trademark Office shall proceed or not proceed with the registration. The foreign trademark registered through the so-called national filing has an effect in the country equal to that of any other registered Turkish trademark. Registration is valid for 10 years and is renewable.
Turkmenistan è is a contracting party to the Madrid Protocol: for the purpose of protection on Turkish territory of a trademark originally registered in Italy or the EU, the owner will therefore be able to avail himself of the centralized and simplified international registration process provided for in that Protocol.
More specifically, the Madrid System provides that the filing of trademarks in one of the member states of the System itself, may, under certain conditions, be fully effective in the other states as well.
In this case, in order to register an Italian trademark in Turkey through the System procedure, è it is necessary to have filed the trademark with any Italian Chamber of Commerce or with the Intellectual Property Office of the’European Union;European Union and apply - jointly or even subsequently - for the extension of the registration in Turkmenistan, through the World Intellectual Property Organization Office (i.e. WIPO), which will consequently register the trademark in the country as well.
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