10 years starting the date of the application. Protection may continue for another 5 years if the owner submits an application for renewal during the last year of each period.
Within 3 months following the expiration of the protection period.
Kuwait is not a member of the Paris Convention, hence priority are claimed on reciprocal basis.
YES, all documents may be submitted within 3 months from the filing date.
The application may include not more than 50 designs on condition that they shall together form a homogeneous unit.
No publication with the current practice.
The application shall be rejected and the applicant for registration may, within 30 days from the date of notification, appeal to the Commercial Court of First Instance against the decision.
YES, to be valid in respect of third parties.
YES, both civil and criminal sanctions.