Summary

In the urgent cases application for registration can be filed without being a legalized power of attorney but it must sent later on before the trademark is being ready for registration. Otherwise the registration process would be postponed. The period for registration of a trademark will take 3 to 6 months.

Had your clients have difficulties for legalization of the documents due to not being Afghan Consulate in their country.  We would be able to legalize them for a charge of $100.00 per legalization provided that the documents are being notarised and attested by the foreign office of the country the documents prepared in.

Meanwhile it is mentionable that unfortunately so far the law for patent & design did not come in force in our country and actually there is a legal vacuum in these fields. But in order to remedy comparatively this vacuum, it is common to publish Cautionary Notice in English language in Kabul Times Newspaper in respect of the patent and warning the public for such invention.