country, or authorizes a third party to do so.
Article 72
Temporary protection is granted to marks on products displayed at
national or international exhibitions. Such protection shall not
benefit from the extension provided for in Article 75.
The competent minister shall issue a decision designating such
exhibitions and the Regulations shall prescribe the terms, conditions
and procedure for the grant of such a protection.
Article 73
The application for registration of a mark shall be filed with the Trade
Registry Department in the manner and form laid down in the Regulations.
The Regulations shall prescribe the fees due for the application and
all procedures related to the mark. Such fees shall not exceed a total
of 5,000 pounds.
Article 74
A mark shall be registered in respect of one or more of the categories
of goods produced, or intended to be produced, by the applicant in
accordance with the rules and conditions prescribed by the Regulations.
Its use shall be limited to the category, categories or the kinds of
products for which it has been registered.
Provisions of Article 91 shall apply to the categories for which the
mark has not been seriously used.
Article 75
Where an application for registration of a mark is filed in a country
or an entity member in the World Trade Organization, or a country which
extends reciprocity to Egypt, the applicant, or his rightful successor,
may, within six months from the date of filing the application, file
with the Department in Egypt a similar application for the same mark,
covering the same products included in the previous application, in
accordance with the terms and conditions prescribed by this Law and
its Regulations.
In such a case, the priority date shall be that of the first application
in the foreign country.
Article 76
Where two or more persons apply simultaneously for registration of the
same mark, or similar marks for the same category of products,
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