Renewal of the validity of the trademark registration certificate

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  Step 1. Filing of the application

  Application filing methods:

  - at the Agency counter at the address: 24/1, Andrei Doga Str., MD-2024, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova;

  - online, by accessing the link (https://e-servicii.agepi.gov.md/);

  - by e-mail, cerere@agepi.gov.md, (the application shall be deemed filed on the date of receipt of the e-mail, if AGEPI receives the original application within one month from the date of receipt of the e-mail, except for the electronic document signed with digital signature).

  Note:

  1. Trademark registration renewal application form

  (https://www.agepi.gov.md/sites/default/files/formulare/F-02-TM-002-E-02-0033.doc)

  2. Guide to Completing the Trademark Registration Renewal Application Form (https://www.agepi.gov.md/sites/default/files/formulare/ghid/gh-2124_0033.pdf)

  3. Where appropriate, the form for filing the request for the grant of discounts for small and medium-sized enterprises

  (https://www.agepi.gov.md/sites/default/files/formulare/F-06-CC-017-E-01-0839.doc)

  4. Where appropriate, the form for filing the request for discounts for natural persons

  (https://www.agepi.gov.md/sites/default/files/formulare/F-06-CC-016-E-01-0837.doc)

  

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  Stepl 2. Payment of the Service

  - directly at the counter; 

  - by bank transfer;

  - through the government electronic payment service MPay (https://mpay.gov.md).

  

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  Step 3. Processing and Examination

  Following the receipt of the application for renewal of trademark registration, the fulfillment of the legal requirements for the renewal of a trademark shall be verified, namely, the correctness of the payment of the fee for renewal of trademark registration (within the established amount and terms); the owner’s identification data; the address for correspondence; the list of goods and/or services requested (registration is renewed only for the goods and/or services for which the trademark was registered or is requested for a narrower list of goods and/or services for which the trademark was registered); where appropriate, the powers of the representative; where appropriate, permission to use the official or historical name of the state; where appropriate, permission to use the name of the administrative-territorial unit “Chisinau”.

  Depending on the substantive examination results, AGEPI shall take one of the following decisions:

  1. concerning the full or partial registration of ae trademark; or

  2. on refusal of the trademark registration application.

  
  

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  Step 4. Issuance of the renewed trademark registration certificate / refusal of the application for renewal of trademark registration

  In the case of issuing the decision to renew the trademark registration, the renewed trademark registration certificate shall be issued in the name of the owner, or his representative, with the same trademark registration number, preceded by the inscription R or, as appropriate, 2R, 3R, etc., depending on the order number of the renewed term.

  In case of non-fulfillment of the requirements for the renewal of trademark registration, a decision shall be issued to rejfuse the application for renewal of trademark registration, which may be appealed to the Appeals Board of AGEPI within two months from the date of its receipt.

  In case of failure to file the application for renewal of trademark registration, after the additional period of 6 months that begins to run the second day after the expiry of the established term, it shall be established that the trademark registration term has expired from the day following the date on which the trademark registration expires, the data on expiry of the trademark registration shall be entered in the National Register of Trademarks and the information on expiry of the trademark registration shall be published in BOPI.