page 38
The Djibouti Office of Industrial and Commercial Property shall publish an official
catalog of all industrial designs registered, which shall contain references to the acts
referred to in the first paragraph of Article 125 above.
TITLE V
TRADEMARKS AND SERVICE MARKS
Chapter I
Scope
Article 132
Trademarks and service marks shall be signs suitable for graphic representation
used to distinguish the goods or services of a natural person or legal entity in trade.
The following may constitute such signs:
((a) denominations in all forms such as words, combinations of words, patronymic
names and geographical names, pseudonyms, letters, figures, slogans, acronyms;
((b) figurative signs such as drawings, labels, seals, borders, reliefs, holograms,
logos, computer generated imagery;
(c) forms, in particular those of the product or its packaging or those characterizing a
service;
(d) arrangements, combinations of colors or color shades;
(e) audible signs such as sounds or music.
Article 133
The distinctive nature of a sign designed to constitute a mark shall be assessed in
respect of the designated goods or services.
The following shall be devoid of any distinctive nature:
((a) signs which can be used in trade to designate a characteristic of the good or
service, and in particular the species, quality, quantity, intended purpose, value,
geographical source or the time of production of the good or provision of service;
((b) signs or indications which have become customary in the current language or in
the bona fide and established practices of the trade;
((c) signs consisting exclusively of the forms imposed by the very nature or the
function of the good in achieving a technical result, or conferring its substantial value
thereon;