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TRADEMARK
Registration
    Information:
    • MEMBERSHIP:
      WIPO and Paris Convention
    • CLASSIFICATION:
      10th edition — multiclass application
      Class 33, alcoholic goods in class 32, pork meat in class 29, and Christmas trees and related products in class 28 cannot be registered
    • CLAIMING PRIORITY:
      Possible
    • SEARCH:
      Possible for word and device marks
    • EXAMINATION:
      On formal and absolute grounds
    • EXTENSION OF TIME:
      Not possible for filing oppositions, counter oppositions, and responding to office actions
    • VALIDITY:
      15 years as from the filing date
    • RENEWAL:
      For unlimited period of 15 years each
    • GRACE PERIOD:
      3 months from the protection’s expiry date
    • USE:
      The use of a trademark is not compulsory for filing applications, maintaining trademark registration in force, or for renewal or maintenance of a trademark. Prior use constitutes the main criteria in determining proprietorship of a trademark, and is never considered as a pre-requisite for registration, or even a requirement to maintain that registration valid and enforced in the future. A trademark registration is cancelled only through a court action filed by a prior user, requesting such cancellation.
    Requirements:
    1. A Power of Attorney duly legalized up to Lebanese Consulate; and
    2. Twenty prints of the mark.
      • The Power of Attorney must be filed together with the application.
      • A general POA may be used for subsequent filings.
      • Priority document may be submitted within 3 months from filing date.
      • The Trademark Office will issue temporary filing date and filing number on the same date of submitting the application. The permanent filing number which is the registration number as well and the filing date will be allotted after acceptance of application.
    Time frame:
    1. Rejection: Must be appealed within 30 days
    2. Opposition Period: There is no provision for opposition
    3. Filing up to Registration: 2-4 weeks
    4. Issuance of registration certificate: Within 3 weeks from the registration date
      5. The above time frame is for a normal/smooth processing of a trademark application, in case of no objections by the trademark examiner.
Renewal
    Filing Requirements:
    1. A Power of Attorney duly legalized up to Lebanese Consulate.
Change of Name or Address
    Filing Requirements:
    1. A Power of Attorney duly legalized up to Lebanese Consulate; and
    2. Certificate of change of name, legalized.
      • May be recorded for registrations only.
      • No additional documents are required other than POA for a change of address.
Assignment
    Filing Requirements:
    1. A Power of Attorney duly legalized up to Lebanese Consulate; and
    2. Deed of assignment, legalized.
      • Trademarks may be assigned with or without the goodwill of the business concerned.
      • May be recorded for registrations only.
      • Must be made within 3 months after the transfer or else a surcharge is levied for each delay of 2 months.
Merger
    Filing Requirements:
    1. A Power of Attorney duly legalized up to Lebanese Consulate; and
    2. Certificate of merger, legalized.
      • May be recorded for registrations only.
      • Must be made within 3 months after the transfer or else a surcharge is levied for each delay of 2 months.
License
    Filing Requirements:
    1. A Power of Attorney duly legalized up to Lebanese Consulate; and
    2. License agreement, legalized.
      • License recordal is not compulsory but advisable in order to become effective against third parties.
      • May be recorded for registrations only.
PATENT
Information
    Information:
    • EQUIVALENT SEARCH:
      Not possible
    • EXAMINATION:
      As to form only
    • PUBLICATION:
      Applications are published upon issuance
    • OPPOSITION:
      No provisions for opposition
    • ANNUITIES:
      Due annually on the anniversary of the filing date and payable before the granting of the patent.
      6 - month grace period for late payment with a surcharge
    • PROTECTION TERM:
      20 years from filing date
    Requirements:
    1. A Power of Attorney duly legalized up to Lebanese Consulate;
    2. An Assignment Deed duly legalized up to the Lebanese Consulate, if the applicant is not the inventor;
    3. Two copies of specifications, claims, abstract and drawings, if any; and
    4. A certified copy of the priority document.
Change of Name or Address
    Filing Requirements:
    1. A Power of Attorney duly legalized up to Lebanese Consulate; and
    2. Certificate of change of name/address, legalized.
Assignment
    Filing Requirements:
    1. Power of Attorney duly legalized up to Lebanese Consulate from assignee and assignor; and
    2. Deed of assignment, legalized.
Merger
    Filing Requirements:
    1. Power of Attorney duly legalized up to Lebanese Consulate from new moral entity; and
    2. Certificate of merger, legalized.
License
    Filing Requirements:
    1. Power of Attorney, duly legalized up to Lebanese Consulate legalized; and
    2. License agreement, legalized.
DESIGN
Information
    Information:
    • DURATION:
      25 years from filing date
    • EXAMINATION:
      As to form only
    • APPLICATION WITH MULTIPLE FIGURES:
      Admissible for up to 100 figures
    • RENEWAL:
      Allowed for one additional term of 25 years. There is a 3-month grace period for late payment with a surcharge.
    Requirements:
    1. A Power of Attorney duly legalized up to Lebanese Consulate;
    2. An Assignment Deed duly legalized up to the Lebanese Consulate, if the applicant is not the designer;
    3. A brief description of the design, mentioning its novel features; and
    4. Three representations of the model or design, if it is two-dimensional or two copies of each view thereof, if it is three-dimensional.
      • POA, copies of representations of the design, and the description of each representation must be submitted at the time of filing.
      • Copy of priority document may be submitted within 3 months of filing date.
COPYRIGHT
Information
    Information:
    • MEMBER OF BERNE CONVENTION:
      Yes
    • REGISTRATION:
      Possible for nationals and foreigners
    • REGISTRATION TIME FRAME:
      The approximate time frame for completing the registration process is 1 working day
    • DURATION:
      In general the duration is the artist's life with the addition of 50 years following the author's date of passing
    • WORKS PROTECTED:
      Books, pamphlets, newspapers, and periodicals; Dramatic work, musical dramas, musical compositions, with or without words, choreographic works and pantomimes; Drawings, engravings and illustrations, lithography, and calligraphy, maps, sketches, plans and geographic reliefs; Architectural models, plans and sketches; Illustrated postcards and notices; Painting, sculptures, photographs and cinematographs; Rolls, discs and perforated cardboard used for talking machines and mechanical musical instruments; All kinds of plastic artistic works, whether of industrial nature or not.
    • LIMITATIONS ON PROTECTIONS:
      Official instruments issued by public authorities; Legal decisions; Speeches made in public meetings, debating councils and parliaments.
    • PENALTIES:
      Penalties include payment of fines, as well as legal prosecution resulting in a maximum of 2-year imprisonment terms.
    Requirements:
    1. A Power of Attorney duly legalized up to Lebanese Consulate;
    2. Four copies of the work; and
    3. Full description of the work.
DOMAIN NAME
Requirements
    Requirements:
    1. An authorization letter from the applicant to register domain name; and
    2. A copy of the Lebanese Certificate of Registration that should be the same trademark required for the domain name.
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