(220)               Regarding Patent And Trademark Rights
                In The Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia 

   The Ministry of Development of the former Yugoslav 
Republic of Macedonia has provided the U.S. Patent and Trademark 
Office with information regarding the status of industrial
property protection within the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
   
   Following is the unedited text of the ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE PROTECTION OF
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY IN THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA, provided
in English translation by the Ministry of Development.
   
   "The present situation of industrial property protection in the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is summarized below.

I. Legislation

(1) On July 14, 1993, the Industrial Property Act entered into force. An
Office for the Protection of Industrial Property of the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia will be set up within a few months.
(2) Pending the setting-up of the said Office, applications for patents
for inventions, utility models, industrial designs, trademarks, service
marks and appellations of origin may be filed with the Ministry of
Development in order to establish a filing or priority date. Applications
so filed will not, however, be processed to grant or refusal until the
said Office has been established.

II. Application of International Treaties

(3) On July 23, 1993, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia deposited
a declaration the effect of which is that all those treaties administered
by WIPO to which Yugoslavia was party continue to be applicable as far as
the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is concerned. Those treaties
are: the Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property
Organization, the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial
Property, the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration
of Marks, the Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification
of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks, the
Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for
Industrial Designs and the Berne Conventon for the Protection of Literary
and Artistic Works.
(4) A further announcement will be made on the procedure to be followed to
confirm the effect of international registrations to Rule 38 of the
Regulations under the Madrid Agreement.

III. Applications for Industrial Property Rights Previously Filed with the
Former Federal Patent Office in Belgrade and Industrial Property Rights
Granted by the Former Federal Patent Office in Belgrade

(5) The applicant of any application for an industrial property right
filed with the former Federal Patent Office in Belgrade prior to April 26,
1992, may file with the Office for the Protection of Industrial Property
of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, after its establishment and
prior to July 7, 1994, a request that the application be further 
processed.
(6) The owner of any industrial property right granted by the former
Federal Patent Office in Belgrade and valid on July 7, 1993, may file with
the Office for the Protection of Industrial Property of the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, after its establishment and prior to July
7, 1995, a request to the effect that the granted industrial property
right be considered for the remaining period of its validity as an
industrial property right granted by the Office for the Protection of
Industrial Property of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

IV. Address of the Ministry of Development

Ministry of Development
Bote Bocevski 9
91000 Skopje
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Telephone (3891) 220 678
Telefax (3891) 223 027

Nov. 4, 1993                                               BRUCE A. LEHMAN
                                       Assistant Secretary of Commerce and
                                    Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks

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