BOOK TWO MARKS, TRADENAMES, GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS AND INDUSTRIAL
DESIGNS
PART I MARKS, TRADENAMES AND GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS
Article 63
A trademark is any sign 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.
In all cases, a trademark shall be a sign that is recognizable by sight.
Article 64
The Department of Trade Registry shall be competent to register the
trademarks in the special register of such marks, in accordance with
the provisions of this Law and its Regulations, without prejudice to
the provisions of Articles 3 and 4 of Law No. 115 of 1958 on
correspondence and signposts imposing the use of Arabic.
Article 65
The person who has registered a trademark and who has made use of it
for a period of five years as of the date of its registration, shall
be deemed the owner of such a trademark, unless precedence of use by
a third party is proven.
A prior user of the mark may, within the said period of five years,
challenge the validity of its registration.
The registration of a mark may, however, be challenged at any time,
where the registration is made in bad faith.
Article 66
Without prejudice to the provisions of international conventions in
force in Egypt, any natural person or legal entity, Egyptian or foreign,
belonging to or having the center of his or its effective activity in
a country or entity member in the World Trade Organization or who applies
reciprocity to Egypt, shall have the right to apply for the registration
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