Afghanistan | | | | | No statutory laws on designs | |
Algeria | As to form only | Yes, upon the applicant’s request | Not possible | Possible | 1 year from filing date | For one term of 9 years |
Bahrain | As to form, novelty and industrial applicability | Yes | 30 days from publication date | Possible | 5 years from filing date | For one term of 5 years |
Cyprus | As to form only | | | Possible up to 50 figures | 5 years from filing date | For four terms of 5 years each |
Djibouti | As to novelty, inventive step and industrial applicability | | | Possible | 5 years from filing date | For two consecutive terms of 5 years each |
Egypt | As to form and novelty | Yes | 2 months from publication date | Possible up to 50 figures | 10 years from filing date | For one term of 5 years with a 3 - month grace period |
Ethiopia | As to form and novelty | | | Not possible | 5 years from filing date | For two consecutive terms of 5 years each |
Gaza | As to form only | Yes | 3 months from publication date | Not possible | 5 years from filing date | For two consecutive terms of 5 years each |
India | As to form and novelty | | | Not possible | 10 years from filing date | For one term of 5 years |
Iran | As to form and novelty | | | Possible | 7 years from filing date | Not possible |
Jordan | As to form and novelty | Yes | 3 months from publication date | Possible | 15 years from filing date, and if priority is claimed, 15 years from priority date | Not possible |
Kuwait | As to form, local novelty, and industrial applicability | | | Possible up to 50 figures | 10 years from filing date | For one term of 5 years |
Lebanon | As to form only | Yes, upon applicant's request | Not possible | Possible up to 99 figures | 25 years from filing date | For one additional term of 25 years |
Libya | As to form only | Yes (for registrations) | | Possible up to 50 figures | 5 years from filing date | For two consecutive terms of 5 years |
Morocco | As to form only | | | Possible up to 100 designs/models of the same nature | 5 years from filing date | For four consecutive terms of 5 years |
Oman | As to novelty | | | Possible | 5 years from filing date | For one term of five years or two consecutive terms of 10 years |
Pakistan | As to form and novelty | | | Not Possible | 10 years from filing date | For two consecutive terms of 10 years |
Qatar | | | | | Qatar issued Law no. 10 of 2020 on the Protection of Industrial Designs on April 19, 2020, and the implementing regulations are expected to be issued in the near future. Until then, protection could be sought out by publishing cautionary notices at regular intervals in local Qatari newspapers. Such notices could have legal value when submitted in court, in the event of infringement, thereby claiming ownership of the design and alerting third parties against further infringement. | |
Sudan | As to form only | | | Possible up to 50 figures | 5 years from filing date | For two consecutive terms of 5 years |
Syria | As to form and novelty | Yes | | Possible up to 5 figures | 5 years from filing date | For two consecutive terms of 5 years each |
Tunisia | As to form only | Yes (for registrations) | Not possible | Possible | 5, 10 or 15 years from filing date | For two consecutive periods of 5 years, where the initial duration was 5 years and for a further period of 5 years where the initial duration was 10 years |
Turkey | As to form only | Yes | 6 months from publication date | Possible | 5 years from filing date | For four consecutive terms of 5 years each |
United Arab Emirates | As to form, novelty, inventiveness and industrial applicability | Yes | Not possible | Not possible | 10 years from filing date | Not Possible |
West Bank | As to form only | | | Not possible | 5 years from filing date | For four consecutive terms of 5 years each |
Yemen | As to form and content | Yes | 90 days from publication date | Possible up to 3 figures | 10 years from filing date | Not Possible |