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Law on trademarks and trade names.

Country/Territory
Mongolia
Document type
Legislation
Date
1997
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Intellectual property rights/patents Registration Certification Traceability/product tracing Food quality control/food safety
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Eastern Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations
Entry into force notes
This Law shall enter into force on 1 February 1997.
Abstract

The purpose of this Law is to ensure legal guarantee for trademarks, trade names, to protect the rights, legal interests of their owners, to regulate relations with regard to ownership, exploitation, expenditure of trademarks, trade names (art. 1). Name of origin means a name of a country, a city, a village, a place which have peculiarities directly linked to geographical conditions, people's customs and where goods are produced (art. 3). Names of origin of goods shall be registered only by collective mark (art. 4). The Intellectual Property Office shall carry out the following functions with regard to registration of trademarks, trade names: (i) to receive and solve the applications of trademarks, trade names; (ii) to register trademarks, trade names and issue a certificate; (iii) to issue references for dispute settlement concerning trademarks, trade names; (iv) to solve the applications, grievances charged by law; (v) to fix the design of trademarks, trade names certificate; (vi) to keep a state unified register of trademarks, or related contracts, trade names, to establish a unified database, and to publish related information; (vii) to annul trademarks, trade names according to justification, regulations reflected in Law (art. 6). If the Intellectual Property Office makes a decision to register trademarks, trade names, these trademarks, trade names shall be registered in the State record, and issued a certificate of trademarks, trade names, and the application be stored in the state fund of trademarks, trade names (art. 10). The certificate of trademarks, trade names shall be valid during the period of 10 years from the date of issue and may be extended basing on the owner's application for 10 years (art. 11).

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