Lebanon:

Trademark Application requirements:

• Full name and address and nationality of the applicant.
• Power of attorney notarized and legalized up to the Lebanon Consulate.
• Scanned copy of applicant’s business license/commercial registry/incorporation certificate.
• Trademark image.
• List of goods/services to be covered by the application.
• Certified copy of priority document if claimed (accepted within six months).

Note: Original are needed with the application filing.

General information:

• Filing System: Single class Filing system – Multi-classes Filing system.
• Classification of goods / services: 11th Edition of Nice Classification.
• Registrable: trademarks, service marks, collective marks.
• Claiming priority: Paris Convention within 6 months.
• Time from filing to registration certificate: 2 months.
• Trademark Search: available.
• Time required to complete the search: 10 days.
• Time from filing to receive renewal certificate: 3:6 months.
• Time from filing till receive assignment certificate: 3:6 months.
• Examination type: no examination system.
• Protection (registration) duration: 15 years from registration date.
• Use: a registered mark may be subject to a cancellation action by any interested party if it has not been used for 5 consecutive years.
• Renewal application can be made within: 06 months before expiry.
• Renewal duration: 10 years.
• Grace period to renew after expiration: 03 months with penalty.
• Registration certificate: paper certificate.
• If no Lebanon Consulate in your country, the legalization can be made by Lebanon consulate in any other country or by any Arabic consulate in your country and then super legalized in Lebanon “by us” with additional fees.

Trademark Renewal requirements:

• Power of attorney notarized and legalized up to the Lebanon Consulate.
• Scanned copy of trademark registration certificate.

Trademark Assignment requirements:

• Power of attorney signed by assignee notarized and legalized up to the Lebanon Consulate.
• Assignment contract signed by both parties or by assignor at least, notarized and legalized up to the Lebanon Consulate.
• Copy of the trademark registration certificate.

Trademark change of name/address requirements:

• POA reflecting new name/address, notarized and legalized up to the Lebanon Consulate.
• Certificate of change name/address notarized and legalized up to the Lebanon Consulate.

To know more information about IP matters in Lebanon, please contact [email protected]