Patent of the Republic of Belarus

Patent attorneys of Lexpatent llc render services on all aspects of the acquisition, implementation and protection of exclusive rights to an industrial design.

We usually do the following work related to obtaining a patent for an industrial design in the Republic of Belarus:

making sure your solution qualifies for patent protection,
developing a strategy for the acquisition, implementation and protection of exclusive rights to such solution,
preparing the description of the industrial design,
preparing all of the documentation related to the application for the grant of a patent for an industrial design and filing the application with the National Center of Intellectual Property,

The documents and particulars required for filing an application for the grant of a patent for an industrial design:

the full name and address of a person(s) who seeks a patent;
the full name and address of the author (joint authors) of the industrial design;
the set of images giving a full detailed idea about the appearance of the product;
the description of the industrial design, including its essential features;
the document attesting payment of the prescribed patent fees;
the power of attorney.

keeping records of applications until the patent has been received,
monitoring all the time limits specified by law, which relate to the processing of any application for the grant of a patent,
monitoring the time limits for paying annuities to keep industrial design patents in force,
providing expert advice from the time of identifying a patentable solution and throughout the entire term of the patent validity.

Our services also include:

developing a strategy for the acquisition of legal protection of industrial designs in other countries of the world (foreign patenting), including the choice of foreign representatives,
preparing agreements on the grant of rights to use the industrial design (licensing agreement), assignment of rights to the patent (agreement on assignment of exclusive rights), and their recordal with the patent authority of the Republic of Belarus,
representing the interests of the client in proceedings before the Appeal Board of the National Center of Intellectual Property, which deal with complaints against the examination decisions, objections made against the grant of the patent,
settling disputes related to patent infringement out of court,
representing the interests of the client in proceedings before the Judicial Collegium on Intellectual Property Cases of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus, including complaints against the decisions of the patent authority and disputes in connection with violation of exclusive rights of the patent holder,
representing the interests of the client in proceedings before the anti-monopoly authority (dealing with acts of unfair competition),
representing the interests of the client in administrative and criminal proceedings related to the use of protected industrial property objects.