ARMENIA Law and Practice Contributed by: Sarkis Knyazyan, Svetlana Mkrtchyan, Anahit Aloyan and Rita Parzyan, Concern Dialog
Concern Dialog Law Firm 1 Charents Street Office 207 Yerevan, 0025 Armenia
Tel: +374 60 278888 Email: info@dialog.am Web: www.dialog.am
1. Trade Mark and Copyright Law 1.1 Governing Law Trade marks are regulated by the Armenian Civil Code, the Trade Mark Law, and Government Resolutions regulating trade mark prosecution/ registration procedures. Copyrights are regulat - ed by the Armenian Civil Code and the Law on Copyright and Related Rights. 1.2 Conventions and Treaties/Rights of Foreign IP Holders Armenia is a member of the following interna - tional treaties in the field of trade marks: • Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intel - lectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement); • Madrid Agreement Concerning the Interna - tional Registration of Marks; • Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks; • Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks; • Paris Convention for the Protection of Indus - trial Property; • Vienna Agreement Establishing an Interna - tional Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks;
• Agreement on Trade Marks, Service Marks and Appellations of Origin of Goods of the Eurasian Economic Union; and • Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trade Marks. Armenia is a member of international treaties in the field of copyright and related rights, includ - ing: • Berne Convention for the Protection of Liter - ary and Artistic Works; • WIPO Copyright Treaty; • Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled; • Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances; • WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty; • Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations; and • Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplica - tion of Their Phonograms.
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