Egypt is a party to the Madrid Agreement concerning international registration of trademarks (Act of Stockholm of 1967) as from March 6, 1975. The international classification of goods and services for the purpose of registration of marks is followed in Egypt.
Once a trademark application is filed, the trademark is examined as to its registrability. Should the mark lack any requirement as provided for in the law and its regulations, the application will be rejected by the examiner. The applicant may appeal such a rejection of its application within thirty days as from the date of receiving the relevant official notification.
Trademark applications approved by the Registrar are published in the Official Gazette. There is a three-month period from the date of publication during which any interested party may file an opposition notice. An opposition to the registration of a published trademark should be prosecuted by either a patent attorney or applicant before the Registrar. The
