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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IN SURINAME

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Opposition Term

06 Months

Registration Term

10 Years

First Renewal Term

10 Years

Subsequent Renewal Term

10 Years

  • A Royal Order from 1912 (Regulations on the Factory and Trade Marks in the Colonies and the Aid Office for Industrial Property) - is the primary law governing the mechanism of trademark registration and protection in Suriname. This law has been modified by Decree C‐81 of 31st August 1984.

  • For getting a trademark registered in Suriname, an application has to be filed with the ‘Bureau Intellectuele Eigendom,’ which administers the entire trademark registration process.

  • Trademark protection is obtained by first use. However, filing for trademark registration is likely to be considered as evidence of first use.

  • Suriname follows the 9th edition of Nice Classification (but only classes 1 to 34). It is not possible to register for services in Suriname. Multi-class trademark applications are acceptable.

  • The third parties can file opposition actions against a trademark application within six (06) months following its publication date in the official gazette. 

  • In Suriname, registered trademarks have a validity of ten (10) years from the date of registration, which can be further renewed indefinitely for successive periods of ten (10) years each.

  • The grace period to renew a trademark after the date of expiry is six (06) months.

  • The term for cancellation of a registered trademark based on non-use is three (03) years from the date of registration.

  • Suriname is a member of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property. It is not a signatory to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).

  • The Bureau for Intellectual Property of Suriname is, at present, in the making to introduce patent grant and protection in the country as soon as possible. Therefore, it is currently not possible to register a patent in Suriname.

  • Suriname is a signatory to the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs.

  • The Bureau for Intellectual Property of Suriname is, at present, in the making to introduce industrial design registration and protection in the country as soon as possible. Therefore, it is currently not possible to register an industrial design in Suriname. 

  • Suriname is a member of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works and the TRIPS Agreement.

  • The Law of March 22, 1913, laying down New Rules on Copyright (as amended up to Decree S.B No. 23 of 1981) - is the basic legislation governing copyright protection in Suriname.

  • The standard copyright protection term lasts for the lifetime of the author plus fifty (50) years following his death. However, the duration of copyright protection varies depending on the type of work.

  • In the case of anonymous or pseudonymous works, the copyright protection term lasts for fifty (50) starting from January 01 of the year following that in which the first publication of the work has been carried out by or on behalf of the owner.