Registration of industrial design

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  Step 1. Filing of the application

  Application filing methods:

  - with 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).

  Notă:

  1. Industrial design registration application filing form

  (https://agepi.gov.md/sites/default/files/formulare/F-02-DM-001-E-04-0038.doc)

  2. Guide to Completing the industrial design registration application filing form https://agepi.gov.md/sites/default/files/formulare/ghid/gh-2112-0038_.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)

  5. 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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  Step 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, compliance with the filing date awarding requirements shall be examined, including the examination of the other application filing requirements. If, following the examination of the compliance with the application filing requirements, it is found that the application complies with the requirements of Law No. 161/2007 and the Regulations on the Procedure for Filing, Examination and Registration of Industrial Designs, the application data shall be published in BOPI.

  If the application does not comply with the filing requirements, a decision shall be issued by which the application is deemed not to have been filed or withdrawn.

  The substantive examination of the application shall be carried out concerning the compliance with the industrial design protection requirements (provided for in Art. 26) as well as the examination of oppositions/observations in case these have been filed.

  If ID does not comply with the requirements for registration on grounds provided for in Art. 26, the ID shall be refused. Thus, a notification shall be issued, and grant the applicant a 2-month period from the date of receipt of the notification to withdraw or amend or present arguments in favor of ID registration.

  As a result of the substantive examination, AGEPI shall take one of the following decisions:

  1. concerning the full or partial registration of an ID; or
  2. on refusal of the ID registration application.

  
  

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  Step 4. Issuance of industrial design registration certificate

  Where, following the examination of the application, it is found that the requirements for the registration of the industrial design are met, and if no appeals have been lodged against the registration or if any appeals received have been rejected, AGEPI shall register the industrial design, provided that the fee has been paid and shall issue the certificate of registration of the industrial design within the term established in paper format. 

  If the application does not comply with the ID registration requirements, AGEPI shall issue the decision to withdraw the ID registration application.

  
  

  Note: Any decision on ID registration applications may be challenged in the Appeals Board of AGEPI. The appeal shall be filed by the parties within 2 months from the date of receipt of the decision or by third parties within 30 days from the publication of the data.