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Law no. 82/2002
The law on the protection of intellectual property rights no. 82/2002, was published in the Egyptian Gazette no. 22 bis in June 2, 2002. The executive regulation no. 1366/2003 was published in August 2003.
Patents
Definition
A patent shall be granted to any industrially applicable invention, which is new, involves an inventive step, whether connected with new industrial products, new industrial processes, or a new application of known industrial processes.
The patent is also granted, independently, for any modification, improvement or addition to a previously patented invention, which meets the criteria of being new, inventive and industrially applicable.
Scope of protection
The protection period is 20 years as of the date of filing the application in Egypt.
Layout Designs of Integrated circuits
Definition
The "Integrated Circuit" means a product, in its final form or an intermediate form, in which the elements, at least one of which is an active element, and some or all of the interconnections are integrally formed on a piece of isolating material and which is intended to perform a specific electronic function.
"Layout Design" means also the three dimensional disposition prepared for an integrated circuit for manufacturing.
Scope of protection
The protection period is ten years from the date when the application for the registration was filed in Egypt or from the date when it was first commercially exploited in Egypt or abroad, whichever comes first.
Undisclosed information
Definition
Undisclosed information shall be protected when they meet the following criteria:
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Information which is confidential, in the sense that it is not generally known or common among those involved in the industrial art within the scope of which the information fails.
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Information that has commercial value because it is confidential.
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Information that depends on the effective measures taken by the person lawfully in control of it, to keep it confidential.
Scope of protection
The competent authorities who receive such information shall protect it against disclosure and unfair commercial use from the date of its submission to the competent authorities until it is no longer confidential, or for a period not exceeding five years, which ever comes first.
Marks Trade names and Geographical Indications
Definition
A trademark is any design distinguishing goods, whether products or services, and include in particular names represented in a distinctive manner, signatures, words, letters, numerals, designs, symbols, signposts, stamps, seals, drawings, engravings, a combination of distinctly formed colors and any other combination of these elements if used, or meant to be used, to distinguish the products of a particular industry, agricultural, forest or mining venture or any goods, or to indicate the origin of products or goods, or their quality,, category, guarantee, preparation process, or to indicate the provision of any service.
Geographical indications. Where a geographical origin has become descriptive of the quality, reputation or other characteristics of a certain product so as to be largely instrumental inits marketing, such geographical indications shall be used to indicate the place of origin of such goods in a district or part in a country member in the World Trade Organization or a country according Egypt reciprocity.
Scope of protection
The period of protection conferred by the registration of the mark is ten years renewable for an identical period or periods upon request of its owner.
The protection of the geographical indication is conditioned by the protection already acquired in the country of origin.
Industrial Designs
Definition
An industrial design is any composition of lines or any three-dimensional form whether or not associated with colors provided such composition or forms gives a special appearance of novelty and is industrially applicable.
Scope of protection
The protection conferred by the registration of an industrial design shall be for a period of ten years as from the date of filing the registration application in Egypt. The protection shall be extended for a further period of five years, when the owner of the industrial design applies for renewal within the last year of the protection period.
Copyright and related rights
Definition
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Protection is conferred to authors of literary and artistic works, and particularly:
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Books, articles, bulletins and any other written works
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Computer programs
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Lectures, speeches and any other oral works when recorded
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Musical works with or without words
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Audiovisual works
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Photographic and similar works
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Illustrations, maps, sketches and three-dimensional works relating to geography, topography or architectural designs
Protection shall not cover mere ideas, procedures, systems, operational methods, concepts, principals, discoveries and data even when expressed, described, illustrated or included in a work.
Scope of protection
The author, and his universal successor, shall have the exclusive right to authorize or to prevent any form of exploitation for his work, particularly through reproduction, broadcasting, re-broadcasting, public performance, public communication, translation, adaptation, rental, lending or making the work available to the public in any manner, including through computers, internet, information networks, communication networks and other mean.
The author and his successor shall also have the right to control any disposal of the original copy of the work, and shall consequently be entitled to a certain percentage of not more than 10% from the proceedings resulting from every disposal of that copy.
Plant Varieties
Definition
Law 82/2002 grants protection to plant varieties, derived inside or outside Egypt, whether developed through biological or non-biological means, when registered in the special register of protected plant varieties.
Scope of protection
The period of protection is 25 years for trees and vines and 20 years for other crops. The term of protection shall run form the date of the grant.
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