VEnEZUELA
• If the applicant does not reply to an opposition, the mark will be deemed apparatuses for industrial use, or for medical, technical or scientifi c application
abandoned.
• Parts or elements for machinery, mechanisms, apparatus and accessories,
Granting:
through which a greater economy or perfection is achieved in products or
their results
• Trademarks have a validity of 15 years from grant, instead of the previous
10 years.
• New procedures for the preparation of matters and objects for industrial
or commercial use
Renewals:
• New procedures for the preparation of chemical products and new methods
• Renewals are granted for 15 years
for the elaboration, extraction and separation of natural substances
• Th e law does not provide for a grace period in which to fi le late renewal
• Reforms, improvements or modifi cations introduced in matters, things
applications.
and objects already known
Cancellations:
• All new model or drawing for industrial use
• A mark becomes vulnerable to cancellation when:
• Any other invention or discovery qualifi ed to have an industrial application
• It is not used by its owner or a duly recorded licensee
• An industrial invention, improvement, model or drawing that, having
• It is not used in the Venezuelan territory during two consecutive
been patented in a foreign country, has not been disclosed, patented nor
years from the registration date. Th e burden of proof is on the party
put into execution in Venezuela.
that fi les the cancellation action.
Publication:
Assignments:
If the request conforms with the law, the registrar will order its publication,
• Th e goodwill should be sold with the mark only with respect to commercial
at the expense of the interested party, in one of the daily newspapers
names (trade names).
distributed from Caracas. It should be published three times at 10-day
intervals and aft erwards in the Industrial Property Bulletin.
Patents opposition:
Types of patents admitted: Any person can oppose the grant of a patent within 60 days of its publication.
Th e opposition will be announced through an invitation to the opposer,
• Patents for invention
published in the Industrial Property Bulletin, to attend the Industrial
• Patents for industrial models and/or for industrial drawings (previously,
Property Registry Offi ce within 15 days of its publication. Once this period
for industrial designs)
has expired, a new 15-day window opens, so that the applicant can allege
• Patents for improvements (previously, on utility models) whatever is needed to defend its rights.
• Ratifi cation patents
Annuities:
• Introductory patents.
Patent owners must pay anticipated annuities, once a patent has been
granted. Th e fi rst annuity shall be paid as soon as the request is presented.
Duration:
• Five to 10 years, at the requester’s will, and counted from the grant of
Cancellation:
patents for inventions, improvements, models or industrial drawings, and
Cancellation of a registration granted with detriment to third-party rights
fi ve years for introductory patents.
can be demanded before the competent court, provided the interested party
has not fi led an opposition. Th is action must be taken within two years of
Patentable matter:
the certifi cation.
Th e following could be patentable:
Rehabilitation:
• All new, defi ned and useful products
If a patent owner fails to pay an annuity, the patent will be lost. However,
• All new machinery, tooling or tool implements, and all new instruments or a patent holder has one opportunity to have the patent reinstated
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