On 14 February 2022, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi signed the country’s first Financial Technology Law, No. 5 of 2022 (“the FinTech Law”) into law[1]. The FinTech Law is aimed at introducing the long-awaited rules governing the provisions of various...
Recent developments at the Committee of Oppositions in Egypt have resulted in a drastic reduction in the time taken for the Committee to render decisions. Whilst in the past it was common practice to wait in excess of a year for the Committee of Oppositions to render...
In terms of Resolution No. 16 of 2022 dated 23 January 2022, the President of the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, has mandated that patent agents have from 01 January 2022 to 28 February 2022 to prepare themselves for online filing for all patent...
Egyptian Trade Mark Office Fee Increase on Hold Official fee increases which were tabled in the ministerial decree No.179 dated 4 September 2019, were supposed to come into effect on 5 September 2019. However, this increase has not yet been effected and remains on...
The anticipated increase in the official fees at the Egyptian Trademark Office with regards to the filing of trade marks and designs has been placed on hold. The increase was initially tabled in a ministerial decree (No.179) that listed 05 September 2019 as the date...
Representatives from Adams & Adams, Simon Brown, Nicky Garnett and Dieter Welthagen travelled to Cairo to visit our Associate Office, as well as Patent and Trade Mark Offices. Our Associate Office in Egypt was opened in 2017 upon recognition of the growing...
Due to volatility in the Egyptian currency there have been several changes to official fees payable for patent examination in Egypt . The changes in local currency have however had little impact on the real cost making only negligible changes to the US dollar...
Hot on the heels of amendments to the laws governing exports, earlier this year the Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah El Sisi, passed Law No. 72 of 2017 along with his Minister of Investment and International Cooperation, Dr Sahar Nasr. Law No. 72 of 2017 is a reform...
On 13 February 2017, the President of the Academy of the Scientific Research and Technology issued Executive Decree, No. 1 of 2017. The Decree, effective as of 13 February 2017, affects the official fee that is levied for the examination of patent applications in...
The decree (Decree No. 43 of 2016) provides that a record shall be created at the General Organisation for Export and Import Control (“GOEIC”) for factories and companies eligible to export their products into Egypt. This amends Decree 992 of 2015 and all previous...
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