This comes after a closure of many years due to civil unrest.

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

The circular states that the legalised PoA is valid for only one (1) year. Therefore, agents must submit a new legalised PoA annually to maintain the applicant’s trademark registration. The same applies to the commercial register document. Failing to do so will result in the cancellation of the registration.

You can find a copy of the circular here.

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

There’s a new regulation to be followed where a legalised power of attorney and a company registration document must accompany the application; the late filing of such documents is only allowed for applications claiming priority. If this happens, the legalised documents must follow within forty (40) days from the date of the application.

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

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.

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.

Although some of the employees have resumed their duties, the offices are not receiving any applications at the current time.

According to the officials, the offices will be fully operational at the beginning of October 2011, and they also confirmed that any deadlines falling between the commencements of the revolution until now will be extended for a further two months from the date of resuming operations.

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