Libya Enforces New Administrative Regulations for Trademark Law

Libya has made an important step towards strengthening intellectual property rights in the country, as the Libyan Minister of Economy issued on 1/24/2024 Resolution No. 26 of 2024, which includes the implementing regulations for Chapter One of Book Ten of the Commerciaal Activity Law No. (23) of 2010 AD, regarding Trademarks:

The new implementing regulations include comprehensive frameworks for practical and legal handling with trademarks. This decision aims to create a structured approach to the registration and management of trademarks in Libya.

Among the important provisions of the implementing regulations, we mention the following most important points:

1- Electronic filing of trademark application is applicable via a special platform that will be announced later.

2- Registration of audio marks is applicable.

3- Adoption of the 11th edition of the Nice International Classification

4- If the mark includes one or more words written in a language other than Arabic, it must be legally translated into Arabic altogether with the Arabic pronunciation.

5- If a specific color is not designated to the mark, registration is only valid for the black color.

6- Electronic Publication of the trademarks has become in effect.

7- Reducing the objection period from 60 days to 30 days

8- Increase the official fees at the Trademark Office

In One World Intellectual Property, we are committed to keeping pace with these new and promising developments in the Trademark Office, and we will keep you posted with the further progress and developments related to the mechanism of implementing the issued implementing regulations.

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