From Filing to
Registration: 16-20 Months
Convention Priority:
Yes
Classification of
Goods/Service: International (8th edition)
Multiple Class
Applications: N/A
Registration
Validity:
10 years, renewable
for other
consecutive periods,
each of which is 10
years.
Renewal Time:
Application for
Renewal should be
submitted prior to
expiry date. Late
renewal can also
submitted within six
months as of the
termination of the
protection period.
Procedure:
Once the application
is filed, it is
queued to be
examined as to
trademark
registrability.
Accepted
applications by the
Registrar are
published in the
Official Gazette.
There is 2 months
period for filing an
opposition by any
interested party. In
the absence of an
opposition, the
published trademark
is registered, and
the certificate of
registration is
issued.
Trade/Service mark
Use:
Not pre-requisite
for registration.
However, a trademark
is vulnerable for
cancellation by any
interested party,
who may prove that
the trademark was
not actually used
during the five
years preceding the
application for
cancellation.
Requirements:
Trademark/Service
Mark Applications
1- Power of
attorney, duly
legalized up to the
Consulate of Egypt.
2- Ten prints of the
mark..
3- Extract from
commercial register,
which should
includes the name,
address,
nationality, legal
status and nature of
business of the
applicant, legalized
up to the Consulate
of Egypt.
4- Certified copy of
the priority
document, if
priority is to be
claimed.
* Documents in items
1, 3 & 4 can be
submitted upon
filing the
application
Renewal of
Trademark/Service
Mark Registrations
1- Power of
attorney, duly
legalized up to the
Consulate of Egypt.
2- Photo copy of the
certificate or
registration
Assignment
Applications
1- Power of attorney
by the Assignee,
duly legalized up to
the Consulate of
Egypt.
2- Extract from
commercial register
of the assignee,
duly legalized up to
the Consulate of
Egypt.
3- Deed of
assignment, signed
by both parties, and
legalized up to the
consulate of Egypt.
4- Name, address,
nationality, legal
status and the
Assignee's nature of
business.
Change of
Name/Address
Applications
1- Power of attorney in the new name/ address, duly
legalized up to the
Consulate of Egypt.
2- Certificate of
change of name/
address, legalized
up to the Consulate
of Egypt.
License Applications
1- License
agreement, with
verified English
translation, duly
legalized up to the
Consulate of Egypt.
2- Power of attorney
by the licensee and
licensor legalized
up to the Consulate
of Egypt.
3- Extract of the
entry of the
licensee company in
the commercial
register, or a
certified copy of
the certificate of
incorporation,
legalized up to the
Consulate of Egypt.
4- The name,
address,
nationality, and
profession or nature
of business of the
licensee
