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Trade Mark Information
International and Regional Arrangements:
- Madrid Agreement: No
- Paris Union: Yes
Types of Trade Marks:
- Goods and services
- Collective marks
- No provision for defensive marks
Classification:
The International Classification of Goods and Services (Nice Classification) is applied.
Filing Requirements:
- Particulars of Applicant (name, address and nationality)
- Power of Attorney incorporating a Portuguese translation, notarised and legalized up to the Angolan Embassy
- Certificate of Incorporation notarised and legalized up to the Angolan Embassy, with verified Portuguese translation
- Representation of the mark
- List of goods and / or services
- Certified copy of the priority document
Duration: The trade mark is registered 10 years from the filing date
Renewal: Renewable every 10 years
General Information
- Area: Approximately 1.25 million km²
- Population: 13 million
- Capital: Luanda
- Currency: New Kwanza (NKz)
- GDP: $ 114.1 billion (2010)
- Domain name extension: .ao
- Languages: Portuguese (official language), Kimbundu, Kikongo, Chokwe, Umbundu
- Exports: Crude oil; diamonds; refined petroleum products; coffee; timber; cotton
- Imports: Machinery and electrical equipment; vehicles and spare parts; medicines; food; textiles and clothing; military supplies
International / Regional Conventions:
- Paris Convention
- Patent Cooperation Treaty
- WIPO Convention
- WTO/TRIPS