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PART II
INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS
Article 119
An industrial design is any composition of lines or any three-dimensional form whether or
not associated with colours provided that such composition or form gives a special appearance of
novelty and is industrially applicable.
Article 120
An industrial design shall lose its novelty:
(1)
If it was disclosed to the public by means of a description or by use, prior to the filing of the
registration application.
Nonetheless, disclosure or description of an industrial design shall not affect its novelty if it
was carried out after the application for registration in a country member in the World Trade
Organization, or a country which applies reciprocity to Egypt, or if the disclosure occurred in a
national or an international exhibition or a publication about the industrial design in a conference or
a scientific periodical provided that all this has occurred within six months prior to the date on
which the registration application was filed in Egypt.
(2)
If it was not essentially different from a prior industrial design or if it was intended for
another kind of products different from those of the previously registered industrial design.
Article 121
Without prejudice to international conventions in force in Egypt, any natural person or legal
entity, Egyptian or foreign, belonging to, domiciled or active in a country or an entity that is a
member of the World Trade Organization or that accords reciprocity to Egypt, shall have the right to
file an application to register an industrial design at the Egyptian Trade Registry Department and
whatever rights derived therefrom, in accordance with the provisions of this Law.
Nationals of all member countries of the World Trade Organization shall benefit of any
advantage, preference, privilege or immunity granted by any other law to nationals of any state in
connection with the rights provided for in this Chapter, unless such advantage, preference or
immunity derives from:
(1)
Agreements on judicial assistance or agreements on law enforcement of general nature.
(2)
Agreements in connection with the protection of intellectual property rights, which came
into force prior to 1st January 1995.