Impahla yobuhlakani yeGibraltar - Uphawu lwentengiso

Uphawu lokuhweba lwaziwa njengezincwadi, amagama, amagama, amasiginesha, amalebula, amadivayisi, amathikithi, ubujamo nombala, noma yikuphi ukuhlanganiswa kwalezi zinto. Isetshenziswa njengophawu lokuhlukanisa izimpahla zebhizinisi lakho noma izinsiza kunalezo zabanye abadayisi.

IGibraltar uyilungu lesivumelwano saseMadrid, izicelo ezivelayo azinakwenziwa lapho. Kepha ngokwesigaba 3 seTrade Marks Act, yizimpawu zokuhweba kuphela ezibhaliswe e-UK ngaphansi kweTrade Marks Act 1994 (the 1994 Act) nge-UK Intellectual Property Office futhi zinwetshwa ngeGibraltar Companies House ukuze zisebenze eGibraltar. IRejista Yezimpawu Zokuhweba eGibraltar izogcina irejista yazo zonke izimpawu zokuhweba, ezivulelekile ukuthi zihlolwe ngumphakathi. Njengoba iGibraltar iyilungu le-EU, kubuye kube ngaphansi koMthetho Womkhandlu (EU) No40 / 94 kuphawu lokuhweba lomphakathi lapho kungenzeka khona ukuthola ukubhaliswa kophawu lwentengiso olulodwa olusebenza kuyo yonke insimu ye-EU.

Ukubhaliswa kophawu lokuhweba lwaseMadrid oluchaza i-UK

Ngaphansi koMthetho we-1994 kanye nesigaba 3 seTrade Marks Act, uphawu lokuhweba lwaseMadrid oluchaza i-UK luyasebenza njengoba ukubhaliswa kwe-UK kungabhaliswa eGibraltar. Imibhalo elandelayo kufanele ilethwe kwaRegistry:

• Isicelo sokubhaliswa kophawu lokuhweba (Ifomu 1).
• Ukumelwa okuqinisekisiwe kophawu lokuhweba. Isitifiketi soMlawuli we-United Kingdom Patent Office (ngaphansi kwesihloko sakhe soMbhalisi Wezimpawu Zokuhweba) enikeza imininingwane ephelele yokubhaliswa kophawu lwentengiso.
• Ukuphrinta okubili kophawu lokuhweba uma ngabe uphawu lokuhweba luzobe luyisetshenziswa esibhalisiwe.

Isitifiketi Sokubhaliswa sizokhishwa ngaphansi kwesigaba 5 se-Trade Marks Act.

Ukubhaliswa kophawu lokuhweba lwaseMadrid oluchaza i-EU

Umbhalisi Wezimpawu Zokuhweba uzovumela ukubhaliswa kophawu lokuhweba lwe-European Union kanye negama lokuhweba le-Madrid Protocol elichaza i-EU eGibraltar. Bazolandela umkhiqizo wokubhaliswa kwezimpawu zokuthengisa zase-UK.

Lapho iRegistry idinga imibhalo esemthethweni, bazokwamukela ikhophi yangempela noma eqinisekisiwe yi-European Union Intellectual Property Office (i-EUIPO) noma i-Internal Bureau ye-World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO).

Imvamisa, inqubo ithatha phakathi kwezinyanga eziyi-6 kuye kwezingu-12 kuya ngecala ngalinye.

Ukuvuselelwa kokubhaliswa kophawu lwentengiso lwaseGibraltar

Ukubhaliswa kophawu lwentengiso eGibraltar kusebenza iminyaka eyi-10 kusukela osukwini lokufaka. Ukubhaliswa kuvuselelwa isikhathi esiyiminyaka eyi-10. Kufanele silethe kwaRegistry imibhalo elandelayo ngezansi:

• Isaziso sokuvuselelwa ngumnikazi obhalisiwe (iFomu 4).
• Isitifiketi esivela ku-Registrar e-UK sokuthi i-Trade Mark ivuselelwe.

Ngemuva kwalokho, iSitifiketi Sokuvuselela sizokhishwa nguMbhalisi.