Intelligence

To keep you up-to-date with the latest economic and financial developments, this bulletin prepared by our team provides information that may affect the operation of your business in Albania.

On 16.02.2017, the Albanian parliament approved the law no. 17/2017 ("Amending Law") amending the law no. 9947, dated 07.07.2008 "On industrial property", as amended ("Law 9947/2008").

Since October 2016 when the Copyright Law ("New Copyright Law") entered into, three important pieces of secondary legislation were enacted in early 2017: Council of Ministers' Decision No.33, . . .

The relevant trademark authority is the General Directorate of Patents and Trademarks ("GDPT").

The New Law has transposed EU acquis and relevant european practices, as Albania is preparing itsel to be invited to join the EU.

The new regulation also introduced a new application for action form, similar to the EU form used under the EU Regulation.