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Filing Requirements:

Design: Egypt


  Design Requirements:
  1. Power of attorney legalized up to the Egyptian Consulate. (Power Form)

  2. Four representations (photographs or drawings) of the design or model on goods quality paper; size 33x21cm.

  3. Legalized extract of the entry of the applicant company in the commercial register or a legalized copy of certificate of incorporation; which include the name, address, nationality, legal status and profession or nature of business of the applicant.

  4. Certified copy of the priority document for a convention application.

  5. Single registration can cover one designs only.

  • All documents must be available within three months from the filing date.

 



License Requirements:
  1. Power of attorney by the licensee and licensor legalized up to the Egyptian Consulate. (Power Form)

  2. Legalized license agreement by the Egyptian Consulate.

  3. Certified extract of the entry of the licensee company in the commercial register, or a certified copy of the certificate of incorporation.

  4. Name, address, nationality, and profession or nature of business of the licensee.


 

  Change of Name/Address Requirements:
  1. Power of attorney legalized up to the Egyptian Consulate. (Power Form)

  2. certified of the change of name or address.


 

General Information:

Validity: According to the new Intellectual Property Law no. 82 of 2002 a design or an industrial model registration is valid for ten years starting from the date of filing regardless of priority date if claimed.

 

Annuities: are not required to be paid.

Period of protection can be extended for additional 5 years, after payment of renewal fees in the last year before expiration.

 

Validity of design filed before 2002: Any design that has been filed under the old law it is valid for 15 years from the date of application regardless of priority.

 

Annuities: are paid every five years; the first annuity is paid at time of filing.

 

Note:

If the registration contains several designs in one application, renewal fees are to be paid in full for each.


 



 

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