As we mentioned in our newsletter article in October 2015 regarding this matter, it is possible to issue registration certificates for expired applications after paying the normal renewal fee as well as paying the registration fee simultaneously.

To submit renewal applications or obtaining registration certificates, applicants are required to provide specimen of the mark, filing number, filing date, applicant details, class, and list of goods. No other documents are needed.

If you need any clarifications, please contact libya@qumsieh.com.

Accordingly, any applications that have matured to registration (published and no oppositions raised) and that are still valid, a registration certificate will issue once payment of the official fees of LYD151 (approximately USD111) has been made.

As for expired applications, it is possible to issue renewal certificates after paying the normal renewal fee of LYD181 (approximately USD133) per application.

For more information, please contact libya@qumsieh.com.

You may contact us at libya@qumsieh.com for further clarification about the Libyan Patent and Trademark Office.

Further developments will be reported in due course.

If you have any questions, please contact libya@qumsieh.com.

We are listing below statistics issued by LTMO representing the number of applications filed from 2002 to March 2014:
 

 
It was noticed that recently the LTMO has improved its operations and are try to accelerate the registration procedures.

If you have any questions, please contact us at libya@qumsieh.com.

It is worth mentioning that the date of the Gazette is 20 May 2013, however, it was distributed on 28 May 2013, and the opposition period ends on 19 August 2013.

For further information, please contact us at libya@qumsieh.com.

According to the new regulations, all documents executed before or during the revolution need to be revised, e.g., any document bearing the consulate stamp of Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya are no longer accepted. The stamp should now indicate the State of Libya; therefore, we kindly request our clients to send revised documents as soon as possible, in order to avoid unnecessary delays.

Additionally, the LTMO has revised the application requirements and they are now:

• Power of attorney legalized up to Libyan Consulate, and
• Certified copy of the commercial registrar legalized up to Libyan Consulate.

It’s worth mentioning that a legalized copy of home/foreign registration certificate is not required anymore.

For more information, please contact us at libya@qumsieh.com.

This will be considered as the first trademark application received by the Libyan Trademark Office since January 2011 when the unrest started.

We would like to draw our clients’ attention that our head office will be glad to receive your instructions and act immediately.

There will be some updates regarding the Power of Attorney, which we will inform you shortly.

For more information please contact libya@qumsieh.com.

Our office in Libya is monitoring the situation and will inform our valued clients once the office is back to full operational status. In the meantime, our clients can still send us their instructions for Libya to libya@qumsieh.com and we will docket the same on our systems and keep it pending for further notice.

If you have any queries please email us at libya@qumsieh.com.