Patents

Advice on protection of inventions and utility models in Bulgaria includes advising on:

• elements of patentability in Bulgaria: novelty, inventive step and industrial application
• obstacles to claim novelty of invention in Bulgaria such as anticipation prior to invention
• competing claims to novelty by two or more inventors—priority
• inventive step and non-obviousness under Bulgarian Patent Law
• patentability from the perspective of utility
• filing of patent application in Bulgaria and obtaining a patent in Bulgaria
• scope of legal protection of a patent in Bulgaria and exclusive right to the invention
• infringement of patent rights in Bulgaria and claims for patent infringement in Bulgaria
• license agreements for providing exclusive, non-exclusive and limited license over a patent