Laws
(Of November 23, 1999)
Law on Trade Names
Chapter 5: Concluding Provisions
Fees14. Fees shall be levied for activities connected with the registration and legal protection of a trade name, the types, amounts and procedure for payment of which shall be fixed by law.
Settlement of Disputes Connected with Trade Names
15. Disputes connected with the registration and use of trade names shall be settled by the courts.
Responsibility for Infringing the Exclusive Right to Use a Trade Name
16. (1) The harm caused to a legal entity where its exclusive right to use a trade name has been infringed shall be compensated by the infringing party.
(2) In order to reestablish the reputation (prestige) of the legal entity that has suffered harm, the Office shall, on behalf of the infringing party, publish information in its official journal concerning the corresponding court decision, having also indicated to whom the infringed right belongs.
(3) Where the exclusive right to use a trade name has been infringed, the signs, seals, stamps, forms, posters and other printed matter produced by the infringing party and containing the trade name shall be destroyed.
International Agreements
17. Where alternative provisions to those envisaged in this Law are made in international agreements to which the Republic of Armenia is party, those alternative provisions shall apply.
Transitional Provisions
18. (1) Following the entry into force of this Law, the validity of the registration of previously registered trade names of legal entities shall remain in force.
(2) Following the entry into force of this Law, unregistered trade names of legal entities shall be registered in accordance with the procedure established by this Law until the current registration of the legal entity.
(3) The Law of the Republic of Armenia on Trade Names, adopted on May 12, 1997, is hereby repealed.
Entry into force: January 7, 2000.
