PART II INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS
Article 119
An industrial design is any composition of lines or any
three-dimensional form whether or not associated with colors provided
that such composition or form gives a special appearance of novelty
and is industrially applicable.
Article 120
An industrial designs shall lose its novelty:
(1) If it was disclosed to the public by means of a description or by
use, prior to the filing of the registration application.
Nonetheless, disclosure or description of an industrial design shall
not affect its novelty if it was carried out after the application for
registration in a country member in the World Trade Organization, or
a country which applies reciprocity to Egypt, or if the disclosure
occurred in a national or an international exhibition, or a publication
about the industrial design in a conference or a scientific periodical,
provided that all this has occurred within six months prior to the date
on which the registration application was filed in Egypt.
(2) If it was not essentially different from a prior industrial design,
or if it was intended for another kind of products different from those
of the previously registered industrial design.
Article 121
Without prejudice to international conventions in force in Egypt, any
natural person or legal entity, Egyptian or foreign, belonging to,
domiciled or active in a country or an entity that is a member of the
World Trade Organization or that accords reciprocity to Egypt, shall
have the right to file an application to register an industrial design
at the Egyptian Trade Registry Department, and whatever rights derived
therefrom, in accordance with the provisions of this Law.
Nationals of all member countries of the World Trade Organization shall
benefit of 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
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