Industrial designs are a basic asset of entities using designs, such as:
- Fashion, textiles, leather
- Footwear
- Furniture
- Consumer electronics
- Automotive industries and accessories
- Other consumer goods
Industrial designs, incorporated into products, are protected for their merchantability.
Registering a design that you are using for business gives you the possibility to exclude anyone else from using the same design within the specific sector. This means that manufacturing, marketing, selling or putting into market, importing orexporting a product incorporating a protected design without the owner’s authorization is illegal.
The following document is a comprehensive guide of how to apply for industrial design in Egypt: