Country: Colombia
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Primary Contacts |
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| Trade Mark Registration and Recordals | Martin Chinnery |
| Trade Mark Renewals | Rita Henderson |
| Patent Registration and Recordals | Sean Paffard |
| Patent Annuities | Sara Lloyd |
Contentious Matters (Oppositions, Infringement Actions, etc.) |
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| Trade Marks | Martin Chinnery |
| Patents | Louise Audhlam-Gardiner |
Trade Mark Information |
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| Can services be registered ? | Yes |
| Single/Multi-Class Jurisdiction | Multi-Class |
| Is the International Classification followed ? |
Nice Classification |
| Can Convention priority be claimed | Yes |
| Documentation required to file | Data is being populated - please direct queries to Lysaght & Co. at this time |
| Opposition period after publication | Data is being populated - please direct queries to Lysaght & Co. at this time |
| Renewal due | Data is being populated - please direct queries to Lysaght & Co. at this time |
| Grace Period | Data is being populated - please direct queries to Lysaght & Co. at this time |
| Documents required to renew | Data is being populated - please direct queries to Lysaght & Co. at this time |
| Proof of use due | Data is being populated - please direct queries to Lysaght & Co. at this time |
| Documents required to file proof of use | Data is being populated - please direct queries to Lysaght & Co. at this time |
| Can be struck off for non-use | Data is being populated - please direct queries to Lysaght & Co. at this time |
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Patent Information |
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| Member of PCT | Yes |
| Can Convention priority be claimed | Yes |
| Deadline for filing priority document | 16 months from earliest claimed priority date |
| Does the priority document have to be translated ? |
Spanish translation of priority document(s) required. |
| Required Documents | Substantive Application Specification including description, claims and drawings (if applicable); Spanish translation of specification, including description, claims and drawings (if applicable); Power of Attorney, with appended Certificate of Existence and of Legal Representation of the Company, notarised & legalised by Apostille; Assignment by Inventors (legalised by Apostille or Colombian Consul depending on inventors domicile); Certified copy of priority document; Spanish translation of certified priority document(s); Date, number and office of filing of any corresponding applications abroad PCT Application PCT publication including description, claims and drawings (if applicable); Spanish translation of PCT publication including description, claims and drawings (if applicable); Power of Attorney, with appended Certificate of Existence and of Legal Representation of the Company, notarised & legalised by Apostille ; Assignment by Inventors; International Preliminary Report on Patentability – Chapter II (if applicable) (legalised by Apostille or Colombian Consul depending on inventors domicile). |
| Duration | 20 years from effective filing date. |
| Annuities | Renewal fees are payable only after grant of the patent. Annuities are then payable on the last day of the month containing each anniversary of the national filing date after the grant date of the patent. |
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Colombia - Expediting grant of a patentBy virtue of a Regulation which was introduced on 18 September 2012, the results of substantive examination carried out by another Patent Office ('foreign Patent Office') in respect of a corresponding application filed elsewhere may serve to expedite the grant of a patent in the present case. In order to benefit from this provision, the applicant should, at the time of requesting substantive examination in Colombia, file copies of the decisions that have issued in the corresponding case which were of relevance to the determination of patentability of that case (along with a Spanish translation thereof), a copy of the claims that have been considered patentable by the foreign Patent Office (along with a Spanish translation thereof), a copy of the references cited by the foreign Patent Office, and a table showing the correspondence between the claims allowed by the foreign Patent Office and those pending in the Colombian case (or, if the claims do not correspond, an amendment should be filed along with payment of the corresponding fee). 8th October 2012 |
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