ARMENIA Law and Practice Contributed by: Aram Orbelyan, Narine Beglaryan, Artur Hovhannisyan, Lilit Karapetyan, Sarkis Knyazyan and Shushanik Stepanyan, Concern Dialog
7.4 Copyright Copyright protects the unique outcome of a crea - tive activity in the domain of science, literature and art created individually or jointly with other authors, which are expressed in a spoken, written or any other objectively perceivable manner, including those stored either permanently or temporarily in electronic format, regardless of the scope, significance, merits and pur - pose of creation. Subject matters of copyright are: • literary, scientific works, as well as computer pro - grams; • works of painting, sculpture, graphics, design and other works of fine arts; • dramatic and dramatic-musical works, scenarios, scenario sketches, librettos, and other works cre - ated for staging; • audiovisual works (cinematographic, television films, animation films and cartoon films, musical clips, advertisement, documentary and fact-docu - mentary, and other films); • choreographic and pantomimic works; • musical works with or without words; • works of applied decorative art and stage graphics; • photographic works and works created by analo - gous modes, which comply with the provisions of the law; • works of urban planning, architecture, landscap - ing and their solutions both in whole and separate parts thereof; • maps, plans, sketches and plastic works related to geography, topography, geology, urban planning, architecture and other sciences; • derivative works (translations, adaptations of works, changes, arrangements and rearrange - ments, stage versions, audiovisual adaptations and other transformations of works in the scientific, literary and artistic domain, which are in compli - ance with the law; collections of works (encyclo - paedias, anthologies), databases and other com - posite works, which are, by reason of the selection and (or) arrangement of their contents, results of a creative work; parts (titles, personages, etc) of a work, which are in compliance with the law and can be used separately; • fonts; and • other works in compliance with the law.
• being against public order or morals, etc. Trade marks are registered by the Intellectual Property Office of Armenia. The Office’s website has guidance on the procedure and samples of the necessary forms. The right-holder of a registered trade mark has the right to prohibit: • the use of a mark that is identical to its trade mark for the same products and/or services; • the use of an identical or similar mark for identical or similar goods and/or services if there is a likeli - hood of consumer confusion; and • the use of an identical or similar mark for different goods and/or services if the trade mark is declared as well known in Armenia and the use of the mark may cause damage to the interests of the owner of the well-known trade mark. The length of protection is ten years from the filing date and can be renewed indefinitely every ten years. 7.3 Industrial Designs An industrial design protects the unique and new appearance of an object. In the RA, the following are protected by the law: • a registered industrial design protected by a pat - ent; • an industrial design with international registration in accordance with the law; and • an unregistered industrial design if it has become public, in accordance with the law. Designs are registered with the Intellectual Property Office of Armenia. The Office’s website has guidance on the procedure and samples of the necessary forms. A right-holder has the right to prohibit use of a design without permission. Infringement can result in civil liability. The length of protection is five years from the filing date, and may be renewed every five years, but for no more than 25 years in total.
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