Morocco

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

CLASSIFICATION

12th edition – multiclass application

SEARCH

Possible for word and device marks

EXAMINATION

On formal and absolute grounds

OPPOSITION

2 months from publication date

PROTECTION TERM

10 years from filing date and renewable for like periods

USE

Vulnerable to cancellation if mark has not been used for 5 consecutive years from filing date

EXTENSION OF TIME

Possible for filing oppositions, counter oppositions, and responding to office action

TREATIES AND CONVENTIONS

World Intellectual Property Organization, World Trade Organization, Berne Convention, Brussels Convention, Madrid Agreement (Source), Nairobi Treaty, Paris Convention, Trademark Law Treaty (Signature), WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty, Budapest Treaty, Hague Agreement, Lisbon Agreement, Madrid Agreement (Marks), Madrid Protocol, Patent Cooperation Treaty, Nice Agreement, The International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants


REGISTRATION

Filing Requirements

  • Copy of priority document, if priority is claimed, certified

What you need to know

  • All documents may be submitted within 3 months from filing date

RENEWAL

Filing Requirements

  • No additional documents are required

What you need to know

  • Grace period of 6 months

CHANGE OF NAME OR ADDRESS

Filing Requirements

  • Extract from the commercial register with sworn French translation, notarized or certificate of change of name/address, notarized

What you need to know

  • May be recorded for registrations only

ASSIGNMENT

What you need to know

  • Trademarks may be assigned with or without the goodwill of the business concerned
  • May be recorded for registrations only

MERGER

Filing Requirements

  • Certificate of merger with French translation, notarized

What you need to know

  • May be recorded for registrations only

LICENSE

Filing Requirements

  • License agreement with verified French translation, notarized

What you need to know

  • License recordal is not compulsory but advisable in order to be effective against third parties
  • May be recorded for registrations only

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

EQUIVALENT SEARCH

Published and granted patents may be searched by title, patentee name, inventors, and priority/PCT number/date

OPPOSITION

2 months from publication date

EXAMINATION

As to form, novelty, inventive step, and industrial applicability

ANNUITIES

Due after grant and payable on the anniversary of the international filing date (for PCT and EP Validation). Grace period of 6 months for late payment with a surcharge

PUBLICATION

Applications are published once the
examination search report is completed

PROTECTION TERM

20 years from the international filing date


REGISTRATION

Filing Requirements

  • Copy of international publication (with ISR if published)
  • Copy of the specifications in Arabic or French
  • Set of drawings in Arabic or French

What you need to know

  • Specification and drawings can be submitted within 3 months from filing

CHANGE OF NAME OR ADDRESS

Filing Requirements

  • Extract from the commercial register with sworn French translation, notarized or certificate of change of name/address, notarized

 

 

MERGER

Filing Requirements

  • Certificate of merger, with French translation, notarized

LICENSE

Filing Requirements

  • License agreement, with French translation, notarized

 

 


WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

PROTECTION TERM

5 years from filing date

EXAMINATION

As to form only

APPLICATION WITH MULTIPLE FIGURES

Admissible for up to 50 figures

RENEWAL

Allowed for two consecutive terms of 5 years each

LOCARNO CLASSIFICATION

Yes

OPPOSITION

No provisions


REGISTRATION

Filing Requirements

  • 3 representations of the design
  • Short description of the design in French
  • Copy of priority document, if priority is claimed, certified

What you need to know

  • The title in French and the representations of the design must be submitted at the time of filing, all remaining documents may be submitted within 3 months from filing date with payment of a surcharge

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