Lebanon Intellectual Property Registration
- Trademarks
- Patents
- Copyrights
How can a Trademark be protected?
- The trademark is in principle protected via registration at the Office of Intellectual Property in the ministry of economy. The registration opens the path to initiate criminal action against any person who infringes on a registered trademark.
- The Office of Intellectual Property in the ministry of economy, when registering a trademark checks its contents and makes sure that it is generic and may not lead to confusion with an existing registered trademark.
- To have a new and not an existing invention
- To be inventive
- To be of use in industry
What are the conditions for obtaining a patent? A request to the ministry of economy and trade should be presented and should include the following:
- Description of the invention provided that the invention is not contrary to public policy or morals.
- The seriousness and novelty in the items for which the protection is requested.
Copyrights
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