Development of the Egyptian Trade mark and Industrial Designs Guidelines

The Twinning Project ‘Trademarks and Industrial Designs Office’ was initiated on the 20 January 2020 and is scheduled to be implemented over a period of 18 months. The overall objective of the Project is to strengthen the protection of trade marks and industrial designs in Egypt. The AfrIPI PMT is currently offering support to Egypt’s twinning project partners.The Egypt Twinning project is  organising training sessions for legal experts and examiners in February 2021 (19-22 February 2021). At the training sessions AfrIPI’s Deputy Project Leader, Mr Gregor Schneider, and EUIPO member of the Boards of Appeal, Mr Stefan Martin, will be delivering presentations on EU trade mark law, procedures and case studies.