Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)

 
At SH&P, we understand the importance of intellectual property as a business asset.
Our dedicated team of lawyers are specialized in protection of online electronic assets. With expertise, across a broad spectrum of IP rights, we provide the most innovative and efficient legal solutions and reliable advice on a full array of intellectual property issues to protect your rights. We assist in conducting legal due diligence on our clients’ IPRs – including online e-assets – in addition to handling IPRs litigations and arbitrations.

Copyright

 
Based on our depth of understanding, we assist our clients in enforcing copyright protection across several industries. We assist in preparing, reviewing license agreements as well as the registration thereof with the competent authorities. We also advise on enforcing copyright and patents against infringement, providing counsel on copyright compliance and fair use principles.

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Industrial Designs

 
SH&P legal team help clients protect the unique appearance of their products through the registration of industrial designs. We also advise on designing infringement and enforcement strategies, while taking all legal steps necessary to protect our clients’ rights from any infringement actions. We can assist in negotiating and drafting design licensing agreements.

Patents

 
We work with our clients every step of the way to secure and leverage patents’ rights. Our qualified patent attorneys can assist you with patent applications and registration. Through our hands-on approach, we help you in conducting patentability searches, managing patent portfolios and litigating patent disputes as well as infringement cases.

Plant Varieties

 
Coupled with robust industry knowledge and up-to-date legal expertise, our legal team specializes in plant breeders’ rights to help agricultural innovators protect their creations. We help our clients with registering and protecting plant varieties. Additionally, we advise on licensing agreements for propagation and distribution, and enforcing breeders’ rights against unauthorized use.

Trade Secrets

 
Trade secrets protection has recently become of high importance amid increasing competition, international threats, and implementation of a widespread remote workforce. Our team support your business in maintaining the confidentiality of your information. We assist in drafting and implementing non-disclosure agreements. We can also advise on trade secrets protection and breach of confidentiality cases.

Trademarks

 
Trademark is about preserving your company’s identity. At SH&P, our team regularly advise on registration of trademarks, franchising and portfolio management. We represent clients in all phases of intellectual property infringement, alongside handling trademark opposition and cancellation proceedings.

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Frequently Asked Questions

In order to enforce an arbitration award in Egypt, an enforcement order must be obtained by the competent Court of Appeal, providing that such arbitration award does not contravene the Egyptian public order or morality, and does not deal with rights over immovable properties located in Egypt, personal status or criminal issues.

In general, there is no restriction on foreign ownership of entities incorporated in Egypt except for limited cases such as entities: (i) undertake the activities of importation for the resale purpose , commercial agencies, and/or intermediary business; and, or (ii) are located or doing business in Sinai.

The Egyptian legal system is primarily based on the French civil legal system, various other European codes and religious law. In practice, religious law is applied only to personal status and family matters which are governed by the religious law of the individual concerned. The fundamental and organic law of Egypt is the Constitution thereof, which Constitution was passed in a referendum in January 2014 and amended in April 2019.

Generally, the Egyptian law does not recognize the concept of piercing the corporate veil, therefore, the liability of shareholders, in general, in Joint Stock Companies or allotment holders in Limited Liability Companies is only limited to the paid-up capital except in some limited cases.