Design copyright protects the “shape, configuration, pattern or ornament of an article or features of pattern or ornament applicable to articles in so far as such features appeal to and are judged solely by the eye”
[section 30 of the Industrial Property Act of 1965].
The total period of protection is 15 years – this equates to three periods of 5 years (prescribed fees are payable prior to the expiration of each 5 year term).
KATINA MOSKO
COUNSEL | ATTORNEY-AT-LAW | NOTARY PUBLIC | TRADE MARK AGENT
ABOUT US
ABOUT US
Mary C. Katina Mosko was called to the Bar of England and Wales in October 1977 (Inner Temple) and the Bar of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas in February 1978. Although called to the Bar as a Barrister, the legal profession is fused in The Bahamas, and she has continually practiced since 1977 as Counsel and Attorney-at-Law.
Katina is a member of the Bahamian Bar, International Bar Association. She has also served on The Bahamas Bar Ethics Committee for many years, and is a member of The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce.
PRACTICE AREAS
Intellectual Property Law
Company Law
Contributor
INTA
Sweet & Maxwell
EDUCATION
Barrister of the Honourable Society of Inner Temple
Holborn Law Tutors & Council of Legal Education
Battle Abbey, England
St. Andrew’s School, Nassau, Bahamas
LANGUAGES
English | Greek | Czech
PROFESSIONAL COUNSEL
Legal Counsel, Bacardi & Company Limited, 1982 ~ 1997
Associate, Pyfrom & Roberts, 1978 ~ 1982
Judge’s Marshall, London, 1977
MEMBERSHIPS
Bahamas Bar Association
Bahamas Bar IP Committee (Co-Chair)
Bahamas Bar Ethics Committee (retired)
Legislation Committee Chamber of Commerce, 2003 ~ 2004
Chamber of Commerce Director, 2001 ~ 2002
Honorary Consul Cyprus, 1990 ~ 1997
IBA, INTA, ITMA, IPCA
ACCOLADES
2015 World Trademark Review 1000:
Katina Mosko understands her clients’ business and can shape and tailor her response accordingly.
2014 World Trademark Review 1000:
Katina Mosko “is feted as one of the region’s finest IP minds.“
2013 World Trademark Review 1000:
Katina Mosko has built a reputation from sources throughout the Caribbean as being “the most reliable trademark practitioner in the Bahamas.”
Jason Ellis
TRADE MARKS
The Bahamas has its own local Classification of Goods based on the Trade Marks Rules of 1948. Services are not accommodated under these provisions. With over 30 years of experience in Intellectual Property, Mosko & Associates is well versed in converting international classes into the equivalent local classes.
The anticipated accession to the Nice Agreement concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the purposes of the Registration of Marks will modernise Trade Marks in The Bahamas. The Nice Agreement will be incorporated under the awaited new Trade Mark laws.
For more information, see the Trade Marks webpage of the Registrar General Department.
Documents Required:
Trade mark Authorisation Form (PDF)
APPLICATION
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Authorisation Form(s), signed by the Owner/Applicant.
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Name, domicile, address and nature of business of the Owner/Applicant.
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List of Goods to be claimed in the application.
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An electronic sample of the Logo.
RENEWAL
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Authorisation Form(s), signed by the Owner/Applicant.
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Registration date and the number to be renewed.
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Confirmation of the name and address of the Owner/Applicant.
ENFORCEMENT & INFRINGEMENT
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Office Actions
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Investigations
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Cease & Desist letters
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Oppositions
ASSIGNMENT
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Authorisation Form(s), signed by the Assignor or Assignee.
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Joint request signed by Assignor and Assignee including name, number and date of registration of the marks covered.
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Assignment signed by Assignor and Assignee.
CHANGE OF NAME OR ADDRESS
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Authorisation Form(s), signed by the Owner/Applicant.
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Certified copy of the Certificate of Change of Name.
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Registration number and date of mark effected.
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Identification of new address.
Jason Evans