Austria Trademark Registration Process

Austria Profile

Austria, officially known as the Republic of Austria, is a federal republic and a landlocked country in Central Europe with a population of approximately 8.47 million. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Hungary and Slovakia to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west.

Austrian Intellectual Property Legal System

• "Patent Law"
• "Utility Model Law"
• "Trademark Protection Law"
• "Designs Act"

International Organization/Agreement

• Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances
• Nairobi Treaty for the Protection of the Olympic Emblem
• Patent Law Treaty
• Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks
• Trademark Law Treaty
• WIPO Copyright Treaty
• WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
• Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks
• Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
• Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs
• Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure
• Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms
• Brussels Convention on the Sending of Program Signals for Satellite Transmissions
• Patent Cooperation Treaty
• The Strasbourg Agreement on the International Patent Classification
• "Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization"
• Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations
• Nice Agreement on the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks
• Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
• Madrid Agreement on the International Registration of Marks
• Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property