Egypt

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General Information

  • Area: Approximately 1 001 450 km2
  • Population: 80.5 million
  • Capital: Cairo
  • Currency:  Egyptian Pound
  • GDP:  $ 500.9 billion (2010)
  • Domain name extension: .eg
  • Languages: Arabic (official language), French, English
  • Exports: Crude oil and petroleum products; cotton yarn; raw cotton; textiles; metal products; chemicals
  • Imports: Machinery and equipment; food; fertilisers; wood products; durable consumer goods; capital goods

International / Regional conventions:

  • Berne Convention
  • Hague Agreement on Designs
  • Madrid Agreement on Goods
  • Madrid Agreement on Marks
  • Madrid Protocol on Marks
  • Nice Agreement on Classification of Marks
  • Paris Convention
  • Patent Cooperation Treaty
  • Trade Mark Law Treaty
  • WIPO Convention
  • WTO/TRIPS

Trade Mark Information

International and Regional Arrangements:

Madrid Agreement:Yes
Paris Union:Yes

Types of Trade Marks:

Goods and services
Collective marks
Certification marks
No provision for defensive marks

Classification:

The International Classification of Goods and Services (Nice Classification) is applied.

Filing Requirements:

Particulars of Applicant (name, address and nationality)
Power of Attorney incorporating an Arabic translation, notarized and legalized up to the Egyptian Consulate
Certificate of Incorporation legalized up to the Egyptian Consulate
Representation of the mark
List of goods and / or services
Certified copy of the priority document

Duration:

The trade mark is registered 10 years from the filing date

Renewal:
Renewable every 10 years

Patent Information

International and Regional Arrangements:

Paris Convention: Yes
PCT: Yes (national phase deadline is 30 months from the priority date)
ARIPO: No
OAPI: No

Filing Requirements:

Convention application:

Arabic translation of title and abstract (required on day of filing)
Power of Attorney, legalised (can be filed within 4 months of filing date)
Assignment of Invention, legalised (if not lodged during international phase) (can be filed within 4 months of filing date)
Arabic translation of specification, claims and drawings (can be filed within 6 months of filing date)
Certificate of Incorporation (only for non-PCT applications) (can be filed within 4 months of filing date)
Certified priority document (for non-PCT applications or if not lodged during international phase) (can be filed within 3 months of filing date)

PCT National phase:

Arabic translation of title and abstract (required on day of filing)
Published PCT application or English/Arabic specification, claims, abstract and drawings if non-PCT (required on day of filing)
Power of Attorney, legalised (can be filed within 4 months of filing date)
Arabic translation of specification, claims and drawings (can be filed within 6 months of filing date)
International Search report and International Preliminary Report on Patentability (no set deadline)

Novelty
Absolute novelty is required
Patentability
Methods of medical treatment, surgery or diagnosis are not patentable
Excess Fees:
None
Examination:
A request for examination must be filed within 6 months of the filing date. Amendments can be filed at any time before grant of the application
Term of Patent:
20 years from the effective filing date
Renewals:
Payable annually in advance from the first anniversary of the effective filing date

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