TERRITORIALITY OF PROTECTION RIGHTS

Protection rights are granted by the patent offices of the countries in which this protection applies, or are granted by regional patent offices (e.g. the European Patent Office), and then validated by the patent offices of selected countries. In order to obtain protection in another country or region, the right of protection must be filed in that country, with inventions, utility models and topographies of integrated circuits filed within 12 months at the latest, while industrial designs and trademarks within 6 months - from the date of filing in the country, gain priority, i.e. validity of protection from the date of filing in the home country.