- You can claim priority according to Paris Convention within: 6 months from the first filing date.
- Member of: Paris Convention.
- Period of protection of a design: 15 years.
- Time to pay publication fees after grant (acceptance): within 3 months.
- Time to pay registration fees after publication: within 6 months.
- Annuities: duration of a design is 5 years from the date of filing and expires five years after the last day of the month in which the registration application was submitted, the registration may be renewed for two consecutive periods of 5 years each provided that renewal is made during the last year of the protection period after paying the prescribed fees & this renewal shall be published in the directorate journal.
- Allowed time to submit the assignment deed from the date of signing the agreement: within 2 months without fine.
