IP Menu - Bulgaria - Intellectual Property Resources

COUNTRY	BULGARIA (BG) Government Patent Office Patent Resources Trade Mark Resources Design Resources Domain Name Resources	Copyright Resources Plant Breeders Rights Circuit Layout Resources Company Resources Trade Practices IP Case Law Resources National Library/Others

GOVERNMENT	Government of Bulgaria
PATENT OFFICE	Bulgarian Patent Office (BPO)
PATENTS	RESOURCES Patent Abstracts of Bulgaria (in English) hosted on the BPO website. esp@cenet provides access to patent information from Bulgaria from 1973 for bibliographic information and does not carry facsimile images. For coverage see esp@cenet coverage page IP Bulgaria The site is run both in Bulgarian and in English. It provides information about the latest news in the field of intellectual property in Bulgaria and worldwide, notices for forthcoming events, seminars and conferences. IP Bulgaria contains a comprehensive database of international and national IP institutions and organizations as well as a list of specialists and companies working in the area of IP. LEGISLATION Patent Law, Promulgated in State Gazette No. 27/02.04.1993, in force as from 01.06.1993, supplemented by No. 83/01.10.1996, in force as from 01.11.1996, amended by No. 11/29.01.1998, amended by No. 81/14.09.1999, in force as from 15.12.1999, amended by No. 45/30.04.2002, amended by No. 66/09.07.2002, in force as from 09.07.2002 hosted on the BPO website.
TRADEMARKS	RESOURCES BPO On-line - actual information on all trademark registrations in Bulgaria hosted on the BPO website. LEGISLATION Law on Marks and Geographical Indications, State Gazette No 81/99, in force from 15.12.1999, amend. No 82/99 hosted on the BPO website. Regulations on the Drafting, Filing and Examination of Applications for the Registration of Marks and Geographical Indications, State Gazette No 9/2000 hosted on the BPO website.
DESIGNS	RESOURCES LEGISLATION Law on Industrial Designs, State Gazette No 81/99, in force from 15.12.1999 hosted on the BPO website. Regulations on the Drafting, Filing and Examination of Applications for the Registration of Industrial Designs, State Gazette No 9/2000 hosted on the BPO website.
DOMAIN NAMES	RESOURCES Bulgaria (.bg) - Search the WHOIS database
COPYRIGHT	RESOURCES LEGISLATION
PLANT BREEDERS RIGHTS	RESOURCES LEGISLATION Law on the Protection of New Plant Varieties and Animal Breeds, State Gazette No 84/96, in force from 04.01.1997, amend. No 27/98, amend. No 81/99, amend. No 86/2000 hosted on the BPO website.
CIRCUIT LAYOUT	RESOURCES LEGISLATION Law on Topography of Integrated Circuits, State Gazette No 81/99, in force from 15.12.1999 hosted on the BPO website.
COMPANY & BUSINESS	RESOURCES Bulgarian National Securities Commission LEGISLATION
TRADE PRACTICES	RESOURCES Commission for the Protection of Competition (CPC) LEGISLATION Law on Competition Protection, published in the SG No 52/1998, as amended, SG Nos. 112/1998, 81/1999, 28/2002 and 9/2003, hosted on the CPC website. Law on State Aid hosted on the CPC website.
NATIONAL LIBRARY	National Library of Bulgaria Bulgarian Yellow Pages (Telephone Directory)