YES

Yes

YES

Yes- Local

Yes- 30 days

Yes, In English & Arabic.

1.A Power of Attorney signed, stamped by the applicant company, and legalized up to the Libyan Consulate in the applicant home country. 2. A copy of the extract of the entry of the applicant company in the commercial register, or a copy of the Certificate of Incorporation, if the applicant is a company or a corporate body duly notarized and legalized up to the Libyan Consulate of the applicant home country. 3. A deed of assignment from the inventor(s) if not employed by the applicant company duly legalized up to the Libyan Consulate of the applicant home country. 4. If the inventor(s) is employed by the applicant company, a certificate of employment duly signed and stamped by the applicant company and legalized by the Libyan Consulate in the applicant home country will be sufficient instead of the deed of assignment. 5. The name, nationality, address and profession or nature of business of the applicant and the inventor(s). 6. Two copies of the specification and a summary of the invention in Arabic. 7. Four sets of the formal drawings; one set on ordinary paper with all reference numerals and three sets on strong white paper without any reference numerals or letters for inserting Arabic numerals. 8. A certified copy of the priority document for a convention application. Notes: - All requirements should be submitted upon filing. - Claiming priority based on the Paris Convention or Entering the National Phase of PCT is possible upon submitting requirements No. 1, 5 and 6; the rest of the required documents should be followed within three months as of the filing date. - For Entering the national phase of PCT, the following should be provided: Copy of International Publication, PCT request, along with the international search report if available. - All documents need to be translated into Arabic.

As to form

Applications are not published prior to 18 months from the filing date or the earliest priority

60 days from publication date.

15 years from the Libyan filing date

To be effective and against 3rd parties.

Due annually on the anniversary of the Libyan filing date and payable after grant. 6 months grace period for late payment without a surcharge

Not Mandatory- Possible for word and device marks.

Single class - a separate application for each class

YES

YES

Yes - 8th edition – Nice Agreement (Class 33, alcoholic goods in class 32, pork meat in class 29, and Christmas trees and related products in class 28 cannot be registered)

 Power of attorney signed, stamped by the applicant company’s stamp, and legalized up to the Libyan consulate in the applicant home country (a proper form is enclosed). One Power of Attorney can be used for filing any number of applications in the name of the same owner.  Copy of priority document, if priority is claimed, certified, with sworn Arabic translation  Certificate of incorporation or extract from the commercial register, legalized, with sworn Arabic translation.

90 days

 Power of Attorney in the new name or address duly legalized up to Libyan consulate.  Document proving the change duly legalized up to Libyan consulate.  Certificate of incorporation or extract from commercial registry for the new legal entity duly legalized up to Libyan consulate.  All documents must be submitted along with its certified Arabic translation.

No

Yes- Copy of priority document may be submitted within 3 months from filing date

Yes

Admissible for up to 50 designs and models

1. A Power of Attorney signed, stamped by the applicant company and legalized up to the Libyan Consulate in the applicant home country. 2. A copy of the extract of the entry of the applicant company in the commercial register, or a copy of the Certificate of Incorporation, if the applicant is a company or a corporate body duly notarized and legalized up to the Libyan Consulate of the applicant home country. 3. A deed of assignment from the inventor(s), if not employed by the applicant duly legalized up to the Libyan Consulate of the applicant home country. 4. If the inventor(s) is employed by the applicant company, a certified of employment duly signed and stamped by the applicant company and legalized by the Libyan Consulate in the applicant home country will be sufficient instead of the deed of assignment. 5. The name, nationality, address and profession or nature of business of the applicant and the inventor(s). 6. A copy of the specifications and a summary of the invention in English. 7. Two copies of the specification and a summary of the invention in Arabic. 8. Four sets of the formal drawings; one set on ordinary paper with all reference numerals and three sets on strong white paper without any reference numerals or letters for inserting Arabic numerals. 9. A certified copy of the priority document for a convention application.

Registration, assignment and cancellation of design or industrial model registrations are published in the Official Gazette and entered in the register.

No Provisions

A design or an industrial model registration is valid for 5 years starting from the date of filing the application renewable for two similar periods of 5 years each.

There is no provision in the current Libyan law as to working or compulsory licensing of designs and industrial models.

1.A Power of Attorney signed, stamped by the assignee company’s stamp, and legalized up to the Libyan Consulate in the applicant home country. 2. An extract of the entry of the assignee company in the commercial register, or a copy of the Certificate of Incorporation, if the assignee is a company or a body corporate legalized up to the Libyan Consulate in the applicant home country. 3. A deed of assignment signed, stamped by the assignee company’s stamp and legalized up to the Libyan Consulate in the applicant home country.

1. A Power of Attorney signed, stamped by the applicant company’s stamp and legalized up to the Libyan Consulate in the applicant home country. 2. A certificate indicating the change of name or address legalized up to the Libyan Consulate in the applicant home country.