Libyan Trademark Office to Resume its Operations

TRIPOLI - The Libyan Trademark Office announced that it will resume its activities and full operations beginning May 2013.

According to the Office, any deadlines or priority dates falling between the commencements of the revolution until now will be taken into consideration. The search applications will be received as from April 1, 2013; however, filing new trademark applications will take place starting May 2013.

Meanwhile, Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property (AGIP) would like to urge its clients to send their instructions in order to update its records accordingly.

The documents required for filing a trademark application in Libya are:

A Power of Attorney; the power of attorney should be signed and notarized by the trademark owner and legalized up to the Libyan Consulate in the applicant home country.

 An extract of the entry of the applicant company in the Commercial Register (Certificate of Incorporation) legalized up to the Libyan Consulate.

The Name, address, nationality, and business of the applicant.

10 prints of the trademark.

If priority is to be claimed, a certified copy of the priority document issued from a country member of the Paris Convention should be submitted upon filing with other required documents.

For more information, please contact AGIP Libya Office at the following address:

Address: Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property (AGIP)
AGIP Building, No. 26, Prince Shaker bin Zaid Street, Shmeisani, Amman
P.O Box: 921100 Amman 11192 Jordan
Telephone: +962 6 5100900
Fax: +962 6 5100901
E-mail: libya@agip.com
Contact: Mr. Qusai Al Masri