Intellectual Property Laws of Armenia and state bodies of intellectual property system

Government: Unitary parliamentary republic

Area: 29,743 km²

Population: 2.9 mln people

GDP (PPP): $33 billion

Global Innovation Index 2023 ranking: 72

Currency: Dram (AMD)

Time zone: UTC+4

• WIPO Copyright Treaty;

• WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty;

• Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms;

• Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations;

• Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works;

• Brussels Convention Relating to the Distribution of Programme-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite;

• Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of the Protection of Copyright and Neighboring Rights, etc.

• Civil Code of the Republic of Armenia;

• Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia;

• Law On Copyright and Related Rights, etc.

• Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT);

• Patent Law Treaty (PLT);

• Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks;

• Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification;

• Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs;

• Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks;

• Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks;

• Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks;

• Eurasian Patent Convention;

• Agreement on Mutual Preservation of Inter-State Secrets in the Area of Legal Protection of Inventions;

• Agreement on Cooperation in the Repression of Offenses in the Field of Intellectual Property, etc.

• Law On Trademarks;

• Law On Geographical Indications;

• Law On the Legal Protection of Topographies of Integrated Circuits;

• Customs Code of the Republic of Armenia;

• Regulations on Filing and Examination of Applications for Inventions, Utility Models and Industrial Designs;

• Regulations on Filing and Examination of Trademark Applications;

• Decision of the Government On Approval of the Rules for Requesting Permission for Use of Names and Titles of Well-Known Persons as Trade Names, and Use of Portraits or Facsimiles of Well-Known Persons as Trademarks;

• Regulations on Filing and Examination of Applications for Geographical Indications, Appellations of Origin and Traditional Specialities Guaranteed, etc.

• Eurasian Economic Union Customs Code, etc.

Telephone number: +374 (11) 597-534

Inventions and Utility Models Department: +374 (11) 597-531

Trademarks and Industrial Designs Department: +374 (11) 597-533

E-mail: armpat@aipa.am

Website: aipa.am