Dear Clients and Colleagues, The Bulgarian Patent Office (BPO) has confirmed, in accordance with the Act on the State of Emergency, that the deadlines for all procedures before the BPO for industrial property objects, will be frozen from 13 March 2020, until the end of the state of emergency. In addition, the validity of all registrations of industrial property objects - trade marks, utility models and designs, patents, certificates of supplementary protection and certificates of a new variety / breed, which would otherwise expire during the state of emergency, will be extended by 1 month from the day the state of emergency is ended. Our Bureau continues to work and we remain at your disposal in these difficult times.