Industrial Designs - General Information

  • You can claim priority according to Paris Convention within: 6 months from the first filing date.
  • Member of: Paris Convention, GCC.
  • Period of protection of a design: 15 years.
  • Annuities: have to be paid for granted designs and pending applications at the beginning of each Gregorian year starting from the year following the application's filing date.
  • Allowed time to submit the assignment deed from the date of signing the agreement: no time restrictions.