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Communique on Publication in the Official Gazette of the Law on Trademarks

04/05/2024

The State Agency on Intellectual Property (AGEPI) informs that Law No. 25/2024 on Trademarks was published in the Official Monitor of the Republic of Moldova No. 130-134 of 02.04.2024 (Art. 198).

Law No. 25/2024 on Trademarks is a framework law in the field of intellectual property protection and applies to individual, collective and certification trademarks that are the subject of a registration or application for registration in the Republic of Moldova or of an international registration that produces effects in the Republic of Moldova.

We remind you that, in order to ensure the correspondence of the national trademark protection system to the European one and the compatibility of the national normative framework with the provisions of EU acts, by Law No. 25/2024 on Trademarks are:

1. fully transposed the provisions of:

  • Directive (EU) 2015/2436 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2015 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks;
  • Directive 2004/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the enforcement of intellectual property rights;

2. partially transposed the provisions of:

  • Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of June 14, 2017 on the European Union trade mark.

The new normative act comes into force at the expiry of the 3-year period from the date of publication in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Moldova. Until its entry into force, the provisions of Law No. 38/2008 on the Protection of Trademarks shall apply.