of a trademark with the Department of Trade Registry in Egypt, with
all attendant rights in conformity with the provisions of this Law.
Nationals of all member countries of the World Trade Organization shall
benefit from any advantage, preference, privilege or immunity granted
by any other law to nationals of any state in connection with the rights
provided for in this Chapter, unless such advantage, preference or
immunity derives from:
(One) agreements on judicial assistance or agreements on law
enforcement of general nature;
(Two) agreements in connection with the protection of intellectual
property rights which came into force prior to 1st January 1995.
Article 67
The following shall not be registered as trademarks or components
thereof:
(1) Marks devoid of any distinctive character, or composed of signs
or statements which only usage grants to the products, or which are
the normal picture or image thereof.
(2) Any mark which is contrary to public order or morality.
(3) Public armorial bearings, flags and other emblems pertaining to
the State or any other state, regional or international organizations,
as well as any imitations thereof.
(4) Marks which are identical with, or similar to, symbols of religious
character.
(5) Symbols of the Red Cross or Red Crescent, or any other emblem of
the same character, as well as any imitations thereof.
(6) The portrait of an individual or his armorial bearings, except with
his consent.
(7) Designations of honorary degrees which the applicant is unable to
prove his right thereto.
(8) Marks and geographical indications which are likely to mislead or
confuse the public or which contain false descriptions as to the origin
of products, whether goods or services, or their other qualities, as
well as the signs that contain an indication of a fictitious, imitated
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