• circulating to the public all requisite information for protecting inventions and
registering merchants in the commercial register, as well as taking any action with a view to
awareness-building and training in these areas.
4. The Moroccan Industrial and Commercial Property Office shall be authorized, under
Article 3 above:
• to receive, register, grant and publish applications for industrial property titles, in
accordance with the provisions of the Law on the Protection of Industrial Property;
• to receive, with regard to the Commercial Register, declarations for entries relating to
the commercial register concerning registrations, amending entries and deletions, and to enter
them in the Central Commercial Register, in accordance with the provisions of Law No. 15–
95 forming the Code of Commerce.
The Office shall in particular be authorized to issue certificates relating to entries
concerning the names of merchants, trade names and brand names as well as certificates and
copies relating to other entries made therein, as provided for by Law No. 15–95 forming the
Code of Commerce.
The Office shall also be responsible for:
• circulating the technical information contained in industrial property titles, subject to
the provisions provided for by the Law on the Protection of Industrial Property;
• conducting studies on industrial property and the Commercial Register, and taking
any initiatives with a view to ongoing adaptation of national and international laws to the
needs of innovators and merchants.
To this end, it shall propose to the supervisory authority any reform it deems useful in
this respect. It shall assist with the drafting of international agreements and help represent
Morocco in the competent international organizations with regard to industrial property in
general;
• applying, as far as it is concerned, international industrial property agreements, and in
particular maintaining administrative relations with the International Bureau of the World
Intellectual Property Organization and cooperation ties with other international and regional
offices and bodies with regard to industrial property and commercial registers;
• making available to the public all technical and legal documentation concerning
industrial property, subject to the provisions laid down in the Law on the Protection of
Industrial Property, as well as the Central Commercial Register, in accordance with the
provisions of Law No. 15-95 forming the Code of Commerce;
• managing the Official Catalog of Industrial Property and the compendium containing
all information on the names of merchants, trade names and brand names.
To manage its collection of documents, the Office may set up databases, where
applicable, in collaboration with other files or registers;
• promoting the industrial property system and the Commercial Register in the
Kingdom, in particular by establishing, at the provincial level, branches responsible for:
— public assistance and information with regard to industrial property and the
commercial register;
— receipt of applications for industrial property titles and requests for negative
certificates;