Intellectual Property Rights

Services offered

- Registering a Trade Mark

- Registering an Industrial Design or Model

- Registering a Patent

- Registering an Artistic, Literary, Musical or Cinematographic Issue

- Payment of Annual Fees for Patents registered

- Deleting any of the registrations listed above

- Transfer of Property

- License for Use

- Changing the Name of an Owner

- Request of a Statement/Attestation (ifada)

- Request of a Certified Copy

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Steps for Registering a Trade Mark

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· Hand in Requirements

· Register the application form

· Receive the application number for future referral

· Pay voucher

· Receive the yellow and the blue copies, both sealed

· Hand in the blue copy + copy of the voucher

· Take a declaration statement of the registration form with 2 copies to the Official Gazette

· Receive the sealed certificate of the statement for publication

· Hand in the sealed registration form with 2 copies

· Receive the original copy of the certificate for the registered Trade Mark

Requirements for Registering a Trade Mark

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Form Type	Conditions and Requirements	Reference
Application form	· Signed by the applicant · Subject, “Trade Mark Registration”	Ministry of Economy
Trade Mark Film	Positive	Photo Shop
Trade Mark Picture	6 pictures	Applicant
Declaration	· Prototype from the Ministry · 6 copies · Typed · Attach a picture of the Trade Mark	Ministry of Economy
Copy of the Commercial Register	If the Applicant is a Lebanese company or corporation	Commercial Register
Copy of the Commercial Circular	· If the applicant is a Lebanese company · No need to be a certified copy	Commercial Register
Proxy / Power of Attorney	· If application is not handed by owner · No need to be a certified copy · Description of the goods and services covered by the Trade Mark	Applicant

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Steps for Registering an Industrial Design or Model

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· Hand in Requirements

· Register the application form

· Receive the application number for future referral

· Pay voucher

· Receive the yellow and the blue copies, both sealed

· Hand in the blue copy + copy of the voucher

· Take a declaration statement of the registration form with 2 copies to the Official Gazette

· Receive the sealed certificate of the statement for publication

· Hand in the sealed registration form with 2 copies

· Receive the original copy of the certificate for the registered Design or Model

Requirements for Registering an Industrial Design or Model

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Form Type	Conditions and Requirements	Reference
Application form	· Signed by the applicant · Subject, “Registering an Industrial Design or Model”	Ministry of Economy
Design or Model Description	2 copies	Applicant
Design or Model Drawing	· 2 copies · 3 dimensional · From all sides	Applicant
Commercial Register	If the applicant is a Lebanese company or corporation	Commercial Register
Commercial Circular	If the applicant is a Lebanese company	Commercial Register
Proxy / Power of Attorney	· If application is not handed by owner · No need to be a certified copy	Applicant

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Steps for Registering a Patent

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· Hand in Requirements

· Register the application form

· Receive the application number for future referral

· Pay voucher

· Receive the yellow and the blue copies, both sealed

· Hand in the blue copy + copy of the voucher

· Take a declaration statement of the registration form with 2 copies to the Official Gazette

· Receive the sealed certificate of the statement for publication

· Hand in the sealed statement with a copy

· Receive the original copy of the certificate for the registered Patent + a copy of the following:

1. List of papers handed

2. Description of the patent

3. Detailed drawing (if available)

Requirements for Registering a Patent

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Form Type	Conditions and Requirements	Reference
Application form	· Signed by the applicant · Subject, “Registering a Patent”	Ministry of Economy
Patent Description & Summary	· Main description of the patent · 2 copies	Applicant
Explanatory Illustrations or Drawings & A Summary description of the Invention in Arabic	· To help understand it · 2 copies · 3 dimensional	Applicant
Commercial Register	If the applicant is a Lebanese company or corporation	Commercial Register
Commercial Circular	If the applicant is a Lebanese company	Commercial Register
Proxy / Power of Attorney	· Signed by the owner · If application is not handed by owner · Sealed by the company if a company owns it · Name of patent must be mentioned · No need to be a certified copy	Applicant
List of papers deposited	· List of all enclosed documents with their number of pages · 2 copies	Applicant

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Steps for Registering an Artistic, Literary, Musical or Cinematographic Issue

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· Hand in Requirements

· Register the application form

· Receive the application number for future referral

· Pay voucher

· Receive the yellow and the blue copies, both sealed

· Hand in the blue copy + copy of the voucher

· Take a declaration statement of the registration form with 2 copies to the Official Gazette

· Receive the sealed certificate of the statement for publication

· Receive the original copy of the certificate for the registered Design or Model

· Receive a copy of the Registered Issue

Requirements for Registering an Artistic, Literary, Musical or Cinematographic Issue

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Form Type	Conditions and Requirements	Reference
Application form	· Signed by the applicant · Subject, “Registering an Artistic, Literary…Issue”	Ministry of Economy
Copy of the Issue	3 copies	Applicant
Commercial Register	If the applicant is a Lebanese company or corporation	Commercial Register
Commercial Circular	If the applicant is a Lebanese company	Commercial Register
Proxy / Power of Attorney	· If application is not handed by owner · No need to be a certified copy	Applicant

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Steps for Payment of Annual Fees for Patents registered