Design registration in Congo
- Filing Application;
- Formal Examination: verify if the filing could be declared admissible;
- Registration and Issuance of the certificate of registration;
- Publication of the duly registered design..
Required Documents:
- Applicant data (including the names or trade names and addresses of the holder, the author and, as the case may be, the agent);
- Power of Attorney (simply signed);
- Assignment document (if applicable) legalized by the Congolese consulate;
- Graphical representation (including two identical copies of a specimen or photographic or graphic representation of the claimed object, possibly accompanied by an explanatory caption);
- Copy of the Priority document (if applicable) certified, with verified French translation.
- Proof of payment of the fees due at the time of filing per object filed and, if applicable, the renewal fee.
Time Frame:
The expected timeframe for a design to be registered is 3 to 6 months from the filing date.
Multiple Designs:
Multiple design applications are possible in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The same filing can include from 1 to 50 industrial designs numbered from first to last.