Albania - Overview

1.

Legislation on Trademarks

1.1

International legislation

1.2

National legislation

2.

Protected Signs

2.1

Registered signs

2.2

Unregistered signs

2.3

Company names/Trade names

3.

Registration of Trademarks

3.1

Owner

3.2

Trademark

3.3

Goods and services

3.4

Priority

3.5

Absolute grounds for refusal

3.6

Relative grounds for refusal

3.7

Term of protection

3.8

Fees

3.9

Remedies

3.10

Flowchart: Registration proceedings

4.

Enforcement

4.1

Scope of Protection

4.1.1

Use of a trademark

4.1.2

Identity of signs and goods/services

4.1.3

Likelihood of confusion

4.1.4

Trademarks having reputation

4.1.5

Unregistered signs and trade names

4.2

Limitations of trademark rights

4.2.1

Own name, descriptive and referential use

4.2.2

Exhaustion

4.3

Claims for trademark infringement

4.3.1

Injunction

4.3.2

Removal/Destruction

4.3.3

Disclosure of information

4.3.4

Rendering of accounts

4.3.5

Monetary claims

4.3.6

Immaterial damages

4.3.7

Publication of judgment

4.3.8

Statute of limitation

4.4

Defences

4.5

Infringement Proceedings

4.5.1

Civil proceedings

4.5.1.1

General rules

4.5.1.2

Preliminary injunction

4.5.2

Criminal proceedings

4.5.3

Border detention measures

5.

Loss of Protection

5.1

Opposition

5.2

Cancellation

5.2.1

Absolute grounds and relative grounds

5.2.2

Non-Use

5.2.3

Generic Trademark

5.2.4

Deceptive trademark

5.2.5

Cancellation proceedings

5.3

Acquiescence

6.

Licences

7.

Securities

8.

Assignment

9.

Changes of Name and Address

10.

Representation

10.1

Albanian Patent and Trademark Office

10.2

Courts