Important announcements :-
December 2009 :-
As from 1st January 2010 a legalised copy of the Trade Mark
registration in the country of origin is required by the Trade
Marks Office.
The legalisation must be up-to the Libyan Consulate.
May 2009 :-
1) Mr. Haitham Abdullah has been appointed as the Head of the
Trade Marks Office as from 1st June 2008.
Mr. Haitham's contact details are as follows :-
Telephone No. +218 21 4840699
Mobile No. +218 92 7039532
E-Mail: haitham_aa@yahoo.com
P.O. Box 76948 ( Janzoor), Tripoli, Libya.
2) The requirement to authenticate legal documents by the Libyan
Foreign Office has been cancelled.
6th of January 2007 :-
We have moved to the following address :-
Zughaid Office
Dar-Essalam
3 Jaghboub Street
El-Foyhat El-Gharbia, Near The School of Medicine
P.O. Box 1581
Benghazi, Libya
Mr. El-Sunni Abdu-Allah has been appointed as the head of the
Trade Marks Office of the Secretariat of Economy & Trade as
from September 2005.
Mr. El-Sunni can be contacted through the following e-mail :-
Mr. El-Sunni's Address:-
P.O. Box 74586 - Tripoli, Libya
Telephone No. +218-91-215 0344
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Updated 7th July 2004 :-
The Trade Marks Office of the Secretariat of Economy & Commerce has
issued an announcement regarding the old Trade Marks filed prior to June 2003 .
Here are the main points :-
Owners of previous Trade Marks are advised to approach the Trade Marks
Office in to finalise the status of their Marks providing the following :-
a) A copy of the official filing receipt.
b) Fees paid receipt.
c) A complete dossier containing an application to the effect of finalising
the status of the Mark, Certificate of Incorporation of the applicant
certified up to the Libyan consulate.
d) A legalised up to the Libyan Consulate Power of Attorney appointing
a LIBYAN citizen to represent the applicant .
e) (10) prints of the Mark .
f) A grace of 6 months starting 1st July 2004 till 31 December 2004
is hereby given to the owners to apply after which no attention
will be given to any applications.
g) All documents must be translated into Arabic by an authorised Libyan
translator.
Here is the announcement in Arabic at this link :-
Updated 18th March 2004 :-
The Trade Marks Office of the Secretariat of Economy & Commerce
is conducting Trade Marks Searches now. We have been informed that
the search results will be done within 7 days
Updated 28th December 2003 :-
The Trade Marks Office of the Secretariat of Economy & Commerce
has informed us that they will ONLY accept Power of Attorney WITHOUT
any headings whatsoever.
So we are obliged to reject any Power of Attorney written with heading and we will
ONLY accept Power of Attorneys downloadable from :-
Updated 2nd July 2003 :-
New requirements for filing a Trade Mark Application :-
1) A legalised ( up to the Libyan Consulate ) Power of Attorney in the
form mentioned below.
2) A legalised and translated into Arabic ( up to the Libyan Consulate)
a recent Certificate of Incorporation of the applicant.
3) 10 prints of the mark.
4) A list of goods of the Trade Mark.
5) A copy of the Trade Mark Certificate of Registration in the country of origin.
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Updated 8th June 2003 :-
The Trade Marks Office of the Secretariat of Economy & Commerce
has commenced accepting new applications for filing of trade marks.
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Updated January 14th 2003 :-
1) Due to “ force majeure “ pertaining to Trade Marks matters filed
between early 1980 and August 2002, we Highly advise Trade Marks
owners to seriously consider re-applying for filing of their Trade
Marks in Libya.
2) Please note that we ONLY accept Power of Attorney bearing the
heading of our office.
This document can be downloaded from this link:-
