You will find here all the important information about filing trademarks, designs and patents.
Contracting Party of TheParis Convention: YES.Contracting Party of TheThe Hague Agreement on Industrial Designs: NO.
Decision 486 of the Andean Commision Community.
YES, there is a 12-month grace period, provided it originates from:
- The designer.
- A trademark and patent office.
- A third party who obtained the information from the designer.
NO.
- Graphic or photographic representation of the design, perspective view and upper view, lower, sides, front and rear part.
- Assignment document.
- Priority document, when applicable.
YES.
NO.
- Filing.
- Formal examination.
- Publication.
- Opposition.
- Office examination (excluding novelty, unless an opposition was filed).
- Decision.
YES, within30 days from the publication date. After the granting of the application, nullity can be requested.
Approximately 7 months, when no oppositions are filed. Around 1 year and a half, in case an opposition was filed.
10 years from the filing date.
Contracting Party of The Paris Convention: YES.
Contracting Party of The Madrid System: YES.
Decision 486 of the Andean Community. The Andean Pact Decision provides for one common trademark law among the member countries (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru). It does not provide a common registration procedure, but it provides certain reciprocal rights to be available upon request of the trademark owner. For example, an entity that first applied for registration of a trademark in any Member Country, may lodge an opposition against a similar mark filed in the other Member Countries.
Nice classification, 13th edition.
YES.
Words, names, acronyms, letters, numbers, devices, emblems, holograms, combinations or shades of colors, three-dimensional forms, the three-dimensional form of a good or its packaging, sound marks, and any combination of the aforementioned signs.
- Power of Attorney merely signed (no legalisation and no notarisation required) within 60 days from notification request.
- Scanned copy of priority application and its translation into Spanish within 9 months from priority application date.
- Absolute grounds for refusal: YES.
- Relative grounds for refusal: YES.
30 days from publication date.
Approximately 8-14 months unless any obstacles were raised.
10 years from the date of registration.
YES. Cancellation can be requested if the trademark has not been used for 3 years in any member state of the Andean Pact, counting from the registration date. Partial cancellation is possible.
6 months prior to renewal date.
6 months.
Contracting Party of The Paris Convention: YES.
Contracting Party of The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT): YES. Due term for entry into national phase: 31 months.
Decision 486 – Andean Community (Cartagena Agreement Dec 1, 2000).
- Patent of Invention.
- Utility Model.
NO.
- Power of Attorney merely signed (no legalization required) within 60 days from office action.
- Assignment document from the inventors merely signed (no legalization required) within 60 days from office action.
- Certified copy of priority application within 16 months from priority date (not required for entry into national phase of PCT applications (not required for entry into national phase of PCT applications provided that PCT/IB304 form is available).
NOT available.
YES, within 6 months publication.
NO.
YES, within 60 working days from publication (extension possible)
YES, within 60 working days from publication (extension possible).
2 – 3 years.
- PCT: 20 years from the PCT international filing date.
- Paris Convention: 20 years from the filing date in Colombia.
- PCT: 10 years from the PCT international filing date.
- Paris Convention: 10 years from the filing date in Colombia.
UM suitable for utensils, instruments, tools, apparatus, devices, or any parts or improvements thereof, but not to chemical products, methods or uses; lower threshold for inventive step.
Yearly after grant.
NOT mandatory.
YES.