LEBANON

• Kinds of Trademarks registrable in LEBANON

  • Following indications may be used as Trademarks in Lebanon:

    • Titles
    • Nomenclatures
    • Symbols
    • Stamps
    • Letters
    • Protruding marks
    • Drawings
    • Figures
    • Combination of the above

    Types of Marks registrable: – Collective marks

    1. Individual marks
    2. Service marks
    3. Well Known marks
• Requisites for a Trademark to be registrable in LEBANON

  • Trademarks must contain the following essential requirements to be registrable in Lebanon:

    • Distinctiveness
    • Non-descriptive of the goods and / or services
    • Not be a well known term in the line of business, trade channels of the applicant
    • Not be same / similar / identical either visually and / or phonetically to prior registered / pending marks.
• Kinds of Trademarks not registrable in LEBANON

  • Applicants should bear in mind that the following will not be registrable as Trademarks in Lebanon:

    • Marks not distinctive.
    • Marks that are mere descriptions of the goods, products that they represent or familiar drawings and ordinary pictures of goods and products.
    • Marks and Signs contravening morality, public order and law of the land.
    • Marks misleading the public as to the origin or the source of the products or services or their characteristics.
    • Marks that are considered imitations / copies/ translations of famous and well known marks.
    • Marks that are similar / identical to registered and pending marks.
    • Marks identical /similar to or containing elements resembling maps, emblems, flags, signs, seals and official insignia of national and international organisations.

    TrademarkCopia through its associate Law Firms and Lawyers in Lebanon is at hand to help you with trademark registration and prosecution.

• Trademark Search in LEBANON

  • It is highly advisable to conduct a search of the proposed mark to ensure that a similar mark has not been applied for by other contenders and is not pending registration or is already registered.

    A search is useful in determining the following:

    1. Conflict with existing trademarks.
    2. Confirm validity of the proposed trademark.
    3. Evaluate the filing of the application and assess the risk of nullity and 3rd party claims.
    4. Strategise on the kind of mark to file regarding the denominations such as figurative, coloured, black & white etc.
    5. Search is a useful tool prior to filing of applications since there is no novelty search concerning prior pending marks carried out by the Lebanese Trademarks Office.

    Our Attorneys are at hand to assist you with searches and provide opinions about registrarbility of the proposed / coined trademark in Lebanon.

• Trademark Filing in LEBANON

  • Filing is done with the Trademark office of Lebanon. Applicant has to furnish the following documentation for filing:

    1. Name of the applicant
    2. Logo (if any) in B/W or Colour
    3. Address along with nationality of the Applicant
    4. Classes in which Registration is sought.
    5. Power of Attorney (POA)
    6. Priority details if any.
    7. Details regarding Goods and Services for which registration sought
       (Goods and Services classified as per NICE classification)
       (Although Lebanon is not member of NICE Agreement)

    TRADEMARKCOPIA.COM Attorneys will assist you with:

    • Filings
    • Infringement & Opposition Actions
    • Renewals
    • License and Assignment procedures
    • Trademark Watch Services
• Trademark Examination in LEBANON

  • Once the application is filed, a Preliminary (formality) examination regarding compliance of all the requisites is carried out along with a search for prior existing trademarks and substantive examination.

    Post examination, IP Office will inform the applicant regarding changes to be carried out if any.

• Trademark Publication & Opposition in LEBANON

  • Once accepted, the trademark is to be published in the official journal. Opposition if any by interested 3rd parties may be filed within 5 yrs. post filing of the application.

    If no opposition, the mark is then registered and certificate issued.

    TrademarkCopia through its experienced Trademark Lawyers and Trademark Attorneys in Lebanon can comprehensively assist you with trademark opposition and prosecution.

• Trademark Registration in LEBANON

  • Once the trademark is accepted for registration, the Registrar of trademarks will enter the details of the trademark onto the trademark register and the applicant will be issued with a certificate of registration.

    The registration process takes around 10 months.

    Term of registration is 15 yrs. Trademarks may be:

    • Transferred in whole or in part
    • Inherited
    • Assigned and licensed.
    • Mortgaged and creditors may seize such trademarks belonging to their debtors.
    • Licensed to natural or legal persons
    • Prevented from unauthorized usage by third parties
    • The subject of appropriate redressal from a court of law upon infringement
• Trademark Usage in LEBANON

  • Usage before filing an application for registration is not a pre-requisite. However, non-use continuously for 5 yrs. post registration would make the mark vulnerable for cancellation.

• Trademark Cost of Registration in LEBANON

  • Please write mail for cost of registration of trademark in Lebanon to the mail address given below:

    contact@trademarkcopia.com