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82/2002
The law on the protection of intellectual property rights no. 82/2002, was
published in the Egyptian Gazette no. 22 bis in June 2, 2002. The executive
regulation no. 1366/2003 was published in August 2003.
Patents
Definition
A patent shall be granted to any industrially applicable invention, which is new,
involves an inventive step, whether connected with new industrial products,
new industrial processes, or a new application of known industrial processes.
The patent is also granted, independently, for any modification, improvement
or addition to a previously patented invention, which meets the criteria of
being new, inventive and industrially applicable.
Scope of protection
The protection period is 20 years as of the date of filing the application in
Egypt.
Layout Designs of Integrated circuits
Definition
The "Integrated Circuit" means a product, in its final form or an intermediate
form, in which the elements, at least one of which is an active element, and
some or all of the interconnections are integrally formed on a piece of isolating
material and which is intended to perform a specific electronic function.
Scope of protection
The protection period is ten years from the date when the application
Undisclosed information
Definition
Undisclosed information shall be protected when they meet the following
criteria:
1. Information which is confidential.
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the owner of the industrial design applies for renewal within the last year of
the protection period.
Copyright and related rights
Definition
1. Protection is conferred to authors of literary and artistic works,
and particularly:
2. Books, articles, bulletins and any other written works
3. Computer programs
4. Lectures, speeches and any other oral works when recorded
5. Musical works with or without words
6. Audiovisual works
7. Photographic and similar works
8. Illustrations, maps, sketches and three-dimensional works relating
to geography, topography or architectural designs
Protection shall not cover mere ideas, procedures, systems, operational
methods, concepts, principals, discoveries and data even when expressed,
described, illustrated or included in a work.
Scope of protection
The author, and his universal successor, shall have the exclusive right to
authorize or to prevent any form of exploitation for his work, particularly
through reproduction, broadcasting, re-broadcasting, public performance,
public communication, translation, adaptation, rental, lending or making the
work available to the public in any manner, including through computers,
internet, information networks, communication networks and other mean.
The author and his successor shall also have the right to control any disposal of
the original copy of the work, and shall consequently be entitled to a certain
percentage of not more than 10% from the proceedings resulting from every
disposal of that copy.
Plant Varieties
Definition
Law 82/2002 grants protection to plant varieties, derived inside or outside
Egypt, whether developed through biological or non-biological means, when
registered in the special register of protected plant varieties.
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Scope of protection
The period of protection is 25 years for trees and vines and 20 years for other
crops. The term of protection shall run from the date of the grant.