GREECE
COUNTRY : HELLENIC REPUBLIC
CAPITAL : ATHENS
LANGUAGE : GREEK
The IP office of Greece is known as Hellenic Industrial Property Office. Filing is done with the ‘Directorate of Commercial & Industrial Property, Development of Trademarks’ in the Ministry of Development at Athens.
International Treaties to which Greece is signatory:
- Paris Convention for the protection of industrial property
- Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights –TRIPS.
- Trademark Law Treaty TLT
- Madrid Protocol for International filing of trademark
- European Union Trademarks
- NICE Classification of Goods & Services
- Berne Convention
PROTECTION OF TRADEMARKS IN GREECE:
- National Registration – Direct with National Trademark Office
- International Registration – Through Madrid System
- Community Trademarks – Through ‘OHIM’
Please refer our Treaties section on International protection under Madrid System and Community Trademark Registration.
Therefore, to obtain protection in Greece, there are three options from which the applicant can choose.
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Kinds of Trademarks registrable in GREECE
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Requisites for a Trademark to be registrable in GREECE
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Kinds of Trademarks not registrable in GREECE
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Trademark Search in GREECE
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Trademark Filing in GREECE
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Trademark Examination in GREECE
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Trademark Publication & Opposition in GREECE
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Trademark Registration in GREECE
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Trademark Usage in GREECE
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Trademark Cost of Registration in GREECE
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