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KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA LAW
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Designs:
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Patents, Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits, Plant Varieties and Industrial Models Law were issued as per the Royal Decree No. M/27 dated July 17, 2004. It was published in the Official Gazette No. 4004, dated August 6, 2004 and entered into force September 6, 2004. The Implementing Regulations was issued on December 26, 2004 and entered into force on the same date. |
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The design certificate protection period shall be ten years from the date of filing the application or ten years from the date of start of its commercial exploitation anywhere in the world. In any case, the protection period may not exceed fifteen years from the date of developing the design.
The industrial model certificate protection period shall be ten years from the date of filing the application
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Saudi Arabia joined the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property on March 11, 2004.
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