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The Estonian Patent Act Came Into Force On 23 May 1994.
Since 5 February 1994, Estonia is a member state of WIPO and
since 24 August 1994, a member state of the Paris Convention and of
the Patent Cooperation Treaty. Since 14 September 1996, Budapest
Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of
Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure was enacted.
Estonia is a full member of the European Patent Organization since
1 July 2002.
We are pleased to present a general outline of the said law.
The Estonian Patent Act
(full text)
General provisions for filing a patent application
Any foreign applicant shall be represented by an Estonian patent
attorney. The corresponding
power of attorney, simply signed and mentioning the name and
position of signatory, shall be submitted on the date of filing of
the application or within two months from that date.
