Official gazettes of Patent Office only electronically

Beginning from 1 December 2014 the official periodical publications of the Estonian Patent Office will be issued only electronically according to the Regulation no 26 of 12.08.2014 of the Minister of Justice.

The regulation relates to the following official gazettes:

– The Estonian Patent Gazette (6 issues annually),

– The Estonian Utility Model Gazette (4 issues annually),

– The Estonian Trade Mark Gazette (12 issues annually),

– The Estonian Industrial Design Gazette (4 issues annually).

In its official gazettes the Estonian Patent Office publishes the decisions to register the objects of industrial property (i.e. trade marks, inventions, idustrial designs) and amendments to the corresponding registers (i.e. the register of trade and service marks, the register of utility models, the register of patents, the register of industrial designs and the register of European patents valid in Estonia) and legal acts on industrial property protection.

The official gazettes of the Estonian Patent Office are available on its website www.epa.ee.