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Amendments to Trademark Laws

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Sep 16, 2025 (Newsletter Issue 8/25)
Albania
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New Trade Mark and Patent Laws enter into force


On 3 July 2025, the Albanian Parliament adopted a new trade mark law and a new law on patents, utility models and supplementary protection certificates (SPCs). Both entered into force on 16 August 2025.

The new laws separate trademark regulation from the broader industrial property framework and introduces significant enhancements. It strengthens enforcement against counterfeiting, provides clearer mechanisms to prevent bad-faith filings, and enhances control over parallel imports. For trademark owners, the law offers more effective protection tools.

Moreover, it means a major step forward in Albania’s EU integration process.

The most important facts:

Trade marks: National exhaustion empowers border action against parallel imports. Applications by agents without consent are prohibited and can be assigned to the owner. Brand owners may act against preparatory uses such as packaging and labels. Class headings are read literally. Proof of use can decide oppositions and invalidations.

Procedures and international registrations: Two months to answer office actions. Forty-five days to appeal. Four months to answer provisional refusals based on opposition. Oppositions can be paused for up to twelve months for settlement. Renewals may be filed up to twelve months in advance. Confidential information is formally recognized.

International registrations face formal examination. For international registrations designating Albania, owners of collective or certification marks must submit the corresponding regulations to the Albanian IPO in order for the registration to be effective. The revised legislation enables the replacement of national registrations with international registrations.

Here are two different analyses on the recent changes by our contributors:

Article from Albanian IP Matters (Irma Cami)

Article from CWB IP (Melina Nika & Pinelopi Voko)

Source: albanianipmatters.al, www.cwbip.com