Capital: Algiers
Population: 30 million
Major languages: Arabic, French, Berber dialects
Major religion: Islam
Form of government: Republic
Monetary unit: 1 dinar = 100 centimes
Main exports: Oil, gas
Internet domain: .dz
Time zone: gmt+1
International dialling code: +213

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Trade Marks

International Arrangements:

Paris Union, Madrid Union.

Categories of Trade Marks:

There are provisions for the registration of SERVICE MARKS and COLLECTIVE MARKS.

There are no provisions for the registration of DEFENSIVE MARKS or SERIES MARKS.

Classification:

The International Classification of goods and services applies.

A single application may cover any number of classes of goods and/or services.


Documents required:

A. New Applications

• Power of Attorney (not legalised) - a separate form is required for each application.
• 10 prints, even for word marks in ordinary type.
• Priority document (if applicable), with verified French translation.

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Trade Mark Forms

Algeriatrd.pdf

Patents

International arrangements:

• Paris Union (from 20 April 1975)
• WIPO (from 16 April 1975)
• PCT (from 8 March 2000)

Novelty requirements:

Absolute novelty is required. However novelty will not be destroyed if not earlier than six months before the filing date, the inventor or his successor discloses the invention by exhibiting it at an official or an officially recognised international exhibition.

Patentability:

Diagnostic, therapeutic and surgical methods for the treatment of humans and animals are not patentable. However products for use in any such methods may be patented.
Inventions relating to foodstuff, medicines or pharmaceutical preparations (excluding the process for making these preparations) are not patentable.

Patents of invention (Non - PCT):

• Power of Attorney (simply signed) (can be late filed within 2 months) 
• Specification, claims and abstract in French (can be late filed within 3 months)
• Specification, claims and abstract in Arabic (can be late filed within 3 months)
• Formal drawings, if applicable, (required on the day of filing) 
•  Assignment of Priority Rights (can be late filed within 3 months) 
•  Priority document with verified French translation (can be late filed within 3 months)

Grant:

The term of a patent is twenty years from the filing date. Patents of addition expire with the main case. Renewal fees fall due annually from the first anniversary of the filing date.

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