LUIS ELIAS & ASOCIADOS is an intellectual property law firm originally established in Venezuela as Luis·Elias - Marcas & Patentes, in 1983, specialized exclusively in the registration, protection and enforcement of Trademarks, Designs, Patents of Invention, Trade Secrets, Domains; and Patent translation services.
Best protection for intellectual property assets that comprises a real involvement in our customers' success.
Trademark Registrations in Venezuela are granted for fifteen (15) years, and are renewable for successive periods of time. In case oppositions are not answered, it will be understood by the administration that the opposed application has been abandoned.
Patents of Invention in Venezuela are granted for up to twenty (20) years counted from the date of allowance. Patents are to be maintained by anticipated annuities. The first one is paid jointly with the application.The second, once the patent is registered. The third, and subsequent annuities are to be paid prior to each anniversary of the patent.The validity of the patent is restorable only once, if the corresponding annuity was not paid in due time. Venezuela is not a member to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).
Patents of Designs in Venezuela are granted for up to ten (10) years counted from the date of allowance. Designs, be them industrial models or industrial designs, are to be maintained by anticipated annuities in the same manner, and with the same consequences as for patents of invention.Previous use by applicant is not an obstacle towards their registration..
ENFORCEMENT OF TRIPS IN VENEZUELA
Starting October 1, 2020 the Venezuelan Patent and Trademark Office and the National Copyright Service which operate under the direction of an Autonomous Service known as SAPI, have begun to officially apply all normative related to the Trade Related Aspects in Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) contained in Annex 1C of the Agreement whereby the World Trade Organization is Created, also known as the Marrakech Agreement, in force in Venezuela since 1994.
All interested parties may invoke these norms on their behalf on any applications, or writs filed before the offices mentioned above, as well as those of other international agreements on the matter to which TRIPS refer, and which also have been incorporated into the internal order by the corresponding Approving Law.
Later on, we will continue to inform our clients on the implications and effects of this important announcement.
“If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful and helpful way to one another, and science will do for them all they wish and more than they can dream."
Winston Churchill
You may contact us using the following information. We will be glad to assist you.
E-mail:
marcas@luiselias.net
Phones:
58-212-266-1903 / 264-1961
Fax:
58-212-266-2492
Courier Address:
Multicentro Empresarial del Este,
Núcleo A, Piso 9, Ofc. A92, Av. Libertador,
Chacao. Caracas 1060. Venezuela.