Egypt Égypte Ägypten. Report Q191. in the name of the Egyptian Group by Nadia S. HAROUN, Magda S. SAAD and Hoda A. SERAGELDINE

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1 Egypt Égypte Ägypten Report Q191 in the name of the Egyptian Group by Nadia S. HAROUN, Magda S. SAAD and Hoda A. SERAGELDINE Relationship between trademarks and geographical indications Introduction Egypt has been protecting trademarks since the early 20 th century under Law No. 57/1939. Though there were no specific clauses referring to the protection of geographical indications, false indications for appellations of origin were rejected under Art.5 of this Law. In Egypt became a member state in the Madrid Agreement for the Repression of false or deceptive indications of source on goods but it did not join the Lisbon Agreement for the protection of appellations of origin and their international registration. In 1995, Egypt became a signatory to the WTO Agreement and accordingly it had to harmonize IPRs legislations in compliance with TRIPs before the end of the transitional period for developing countries. A new law was issued for the protection of intellectual property rights (Law No. 82/2002) combining together all the previous legislations for trademarks, patents designs, copyrights, (etc ) and broadening the scope of protection to include many new aspects. Geographical Indications are protected under the provisions of this new law (from Art. 104 to Art. 112) Questions I) Analysis of current legislation and case law 1) Do your country s laws have enactments or systems dealing specifically with GIs, e.g. a registration system for GIs? If so, what are the criteria of registrability? To which national authority must an application for protection be made? Does the applicant have the right to appeal against the refusal of the national authority to register a GI? If so, to which entity? There is no specific system to deal with the registration of GI s. They are registered following the same procedures for trademarks. The application for the registration of a GI is filed at the Trademark Office. The criteria for registrability are defined in Art. 104 as follows: Geographical indications are the ones that attribute the origin of some article to a region or destination in a member state in the World Trade Organization or dealing with the Arab Republic of Egypt on the basics of reciprocity whenever quality, reputation or other characters of the articles that affect the production thereof are attributed to the geographical origin thereof. For the protection of such indications, it is a precondition that they have been protected in the country of origin. 1

2 In case of rejection of the application, the applicant can appeal in front of the Appeal Committee at the Department of Commercial Registry. 2) What is the status of a GI in your country? Does the registration of a GI confer a property right? Who would be the rightholder of a GI? Can GIs be the subject of dealings such as assignment, mortgage and licensing? The status of a GI is the same as a trademark. It confers the same property rights. The right holder of a GI would be any party producing goods possessing particular qualities and characteristics attributable to that particular geographical area. GIs can be the subject of dealings such as assignment, mortgage and licensing provided the assignee and/or licensor is going to go on manufacturing in the same geographical area. 3) Is the application for or registration of a GI made public in your country? Is it possible to oppose such application or registration or cancel such registration of a GI? If so, by whom and on what (absolute or relative) grounds (e.g. generic or descriptive term or prior trademark)? GIs are published in the Trademark Official Gazette Oppositions are possible within the legal term of 60 days. Any concerned party can oppose a GI on the grounds of prior rights, false or deceptive indications and descriptive or generic term. 4) Must use requirements be satisfied in order to maintain GI protection? If so, is there any definition of what constitutes use? Are the legal rules established for appraising the maintenance of a trademark registration applicable to the appraising of the maintenance of GI protection? In principle, according to Art.(91) of Law No.82/2002, non use will make a T.M. vulnerable to cancellation from any concerned third party if not used within 5 years consecutive to the date of registration. There is no definition of use. Any use is acceptable: advertising in daily newspapers, selling, distributing (etc ) 5) What is the scope of protection of a GI? Is it only protected against use of the name or also against use of elements of the specification of the GI (e.g. slicing, grating) or any other practice liable to mislead the public as to the origin of the product (e.g. use of same trade dress)? Are the legal rules established for determining the scope of trademark protection applicable to determining the scope of GI protection (e.g. in relation to reputed or well known GIs, likelihood of confusion, infringing and non infringing acts)? May rights in a GI be enforced even where a product which allegedly infringes those rights has been made purely for export? GIs are protected against the use by another party of a name liable to mislead the public as to the origin of the product. As the registration of GIs has started very recently, there is no Case law or jurisprudence to determine the established rules. If the same rules established for trademarks in general are applied to GIs, the rights in a GI can be enforced even if a product infringing a GI has been made purely for export. 2

3 6) Can a GI be registered as individual trademark? If so, under what conditions? There are no cases to establish rules. 7) Do your country s laws provide for collective or certification marks? If so, under what conditions can a GI be registered as a collective mark or a certification mark? Collective marks and certification marks are protected under Art. 69 & 70 of Law 82/2002. Some examples of registered marks under this denomination: Egyptian Cotton & device, U.S. Quality American Wheat & device. Theoretically, a GI could be registered as a collective or certification mark. The main difference is that collective or certification marks cannot be owned by an individual, only by a legal entity representing a group of people and allowing third parties if they qualify to use it on their products and/or labels. 8) Does inclusion of a protected GI as part of a trademark qualify as legal bar to the registration of such trademark? Yes. 9) Do your country s laws, e.g. trade or merchandise legislation, require the application of correct designations of origin/source on agricultural products and food stuffs? Yes, the source (origin) of the goods should appear clearly on the label as well as the name of the manufacturer. In case of licensing there should also be the name of the licensor. 10) How are conflicts between trademarks and GIs resolved under your country s laws? Do they co exist or does either the trademark or GI prevail? Is there a rule for determining whether the trademark or GI should prevail, and what are the criteria to take into account (e.g. the first in time, first in right rule, the reputation of the geographic region or the reputation of the trademark, the length of time that the name has been used to indicate the geographic region and the extent of such usage, the length of time that the trademark has been used and the extent of such usage)? II) As explained above, the protection of GIs in Egypt is too recent for the establishment of rules. In case of conflict between trademarks and GIs, we believe that GIs would prevail. Unfortunately, there are no official guidelines yet for the Examiners and/or the Court Experts. Proposals for adoption of uniform rules The Groups are invited to put forward any proposals for adoption of uniform rules regarding the relationship between trademarks and GIs. More specifically, the Groups are invited to respond to the following questions: 11) Should countries provide for registration systems dealing specifically with GIs? If so, what should the key features of such system be? Should a multilateral system of registration of GIs be established? If so, what should the key features of such multilateral system be? Specifically, which international body should be tasked with establishing such system? How should the application for or registration of a GI be notified/made public (either in your country or at a multilateral level) in order to avoid that a trademark may conflict with a GI previously unknown to the trademark owner? The Egyptian Group believes that countries should provide for a registration system for GIs. The key feature of this registration system would be to rely not only on home registration but on an international system of registration. 3

4 A multilateral system of registration should be established to avoid the local infringement of registered GIs. Such International Registry System would be governed by WIPO. The system could follow similar rules to the Madrid Agreement for the International filing of trademarks (i.e. notification to Member States and publication in an International Gazette that would allow for rejection and/or opposition from any concerned party.) Moreover it would avoid that a National Trademark Office accepts for registration a trademark that may conflict with a GI previously unknown to the Examiner and/or to the trademark owner. 12) Do you have any suggestions as to the acquisition, maintenance, scope and enforcement of GI protection? What should the scope of protection of a GI be? Should the legal rules established for appraising the acquisition, maintenance, scope and enforcement of trademark protection apply to the appraising of the acquisition, maintenance, scope and enforcement of GI protection? The basic legal rule we should be to prevent others from using false geographical indications on their products misleading the consumer as to the source and quality of the goods. 13) Should a protection of GIs by individual and/or collective or certification marks be possible? There should be a legal entity in each country holding the ownership of a given GI to register individuals (who qualify for it) as legal users of such GI. 14) How should conflicts between trademarks and GIs be resolved? Please propose a specific rule for determining whether trademark or GI should prevail, which is likely to be broadly accepted. If co existence is contemplated, should such co existence be limited to the country of origin or relate to the relevant markets? The Egyptian Group believes that GIs should prevail if the trademark is inducing the consumer into error as to the origin and quality or high reputation of the goods. However, in case of prior acquired rights by a trademark registered and used for many years in its own country, co existence with the GI would be acceptable provided it is restricted to the country and relevant market. Any new trademark application infringing on a registered GI should be automatically rejected. Conclusion The Egyptian Group strongly believes that GIs should enjoy a world wide protection. However, such protection cannot function without access to data and information about the GIs of the various countries that have acquired international recognition and reputation. The best way to avoid conflicts and infringements as regards GIs is to rely on an International Registry to be established by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) under a multilateral agreement. 4

5 Summary Geographical Indications were not protected in Egypt until Egypt joined the WTO and harmonized its IPR s legislations to be in conformity with TRIPS. Currently GIs are protected under the provisions of Law 82 for 2002 (art ). There is no specific system to deal with the registration of GI s. They follow the same procedures for trademarks except for the acceptance of GIs applications; it is a precondition that they are registered in the country of origin. The right holder of a GI would be any party producing goods possessing particular qualities and characteristics attributable to that particular geographical area. GIs can be the subject of dealings such as assignment, mortgage and licensing provided the assignee and/or licensor is going to go on manufacturing in the same geographical area. As the registration of GIs has started very recently, there is no Case law or jurisprudence to determine the established rules. In principle, GIs are protected against the use by another party of a name liable to mislead the public as to the origin, quality and reputation of a product. The Egyptian Group believes that GIs should enjoy a world wide protection. However, such protection cannot function without access to data and information about the GIs of the various countries that have acquired international recognition and reputation. The best way to avoid conflicts and infringements as regards GIs is to rely on an International Registry to be established by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) under a multilateral agreement. 5

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