What is an industrial design?
An industrial design is the visual features of shape, configuration, pattern or ornament—or any combination of these features—applied to a finished article made by hand, tool or machine and The registration of industrial design gives its owners the exclusive rights to exclude others from reproducing, importing or selling or offering for sale or distributing the protected design.
Summary
Designs and industrial models are protected in Algeria through registration with the competent office documents must be submitted to the INAPI (the Algerian National Institute of industrial property ).
A design or industrial model registration is valid for 10 years from the date of filing application
Requirements
- six identical copies of the representations of the design. Pictures of the design are requested instead of the short description of the design.
- declaration of priority :
- if the applicant claims the right of priority a national application in Algeria must be filed within 06 months from the date of filing of the earliest application in any country of Paris Union.
- a declaration of priority and payment of priority fees is requested at the moment of filing, and a certificated priority documents may be submitted within 03 months from the filing date.
- An explanatory legend explaining the novelty of the design and figures/pictures of each design.
- A simply signed Power of Attorney NOTE: POA should be filed with the applicant’s name and address as mentioned in the instruction letter, signatory name and position, dated and signed.
Our Services
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We conduct full design searches national design search and foreign design search ,with the INAPI foreign design database or other regional or international design office organization In order to determine whether there are any identical or similar registered design or applications which could present an obstacle to the registration.
- design infringement follow-up:
- Application preparation and management
- Prosecutions and opposition
- Amendments and addition
- Recording Assignments and license agreements
- Maintenance of the registred design
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