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The Committee shall issue its motivated decision within 90 days from the date of filing the
appeal.
The decision of the appeal committee may, within 30 days from the date of its notification,
be opposed before the Administrative Tribunal.
Article 125
The Department may require the applicant to introduce certain modifications or
complements as it may deem appropriate to satisfy the provisions of Article 124 and as prescribed
by the Regulations, failing which the applicant shall be considered as having withdrawn his
application.
The applicant may, within 30 days of the notification of the decision and according to the
procedure prescribed by the Regulations, appeal such a requirement to the Committee provided for
in Article 124.
The applicant may, on his own initiative, submit to the Department such modifications or
complements, in accordance with the Regulations.
Article 126
The protection conferred by the registration of an industrial design shall be for a period of
ten years as from the date of filing the registration application in Egypt.
The protection shall be extended for a further period of five years, when the owner of the
industrial design applies for renewal within the last year of the protection period, and in the manner
prescribed by the Regulations.
The owner may, however, apply for renewal of the registration, within three months after the
expiry of the protection period, failing which the Department shall automatically; revoke the
registration.
Article 127
The registration of an industrial design shall confer on its owner the right to prohibit third
parties from the use, manufacture, sale or import of products bearing or incorporating such an
industrial design.
The right to prevent other parties from importing, selling or distributing such products, shall
lapse where the owner undertakes to market those products in any state or license a third party to do
so.
The use by a third party of a protected industrial design in any of the following shall not be
deemed to constitute an infringement of such a right: