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