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Support at every stage in the life of your rights

Each file is analysed on its own merits. The services below are provided according to the type of right, the territory concerned and the instructions given to the firm.

Industrial property advice

A protection strategy suited to your intangible assets and your markets.

  • Analysis of your needs and of the assets to be protected
  • Guidance on the appropriate industrial property title
  • Information on the procedures applicable in Algeria
  • Organisation of deadline monitoring for your titles

Prior-art and clearance searches

Check the availability of a trademark or the state of the art before filing.

  • Trademark clearance searches
  • Patent prior-art searches
  • Analysis of results and reasoned opinion
  • Recommendations on the next steps for the project

Patents

Protect your inventions, from filing to annuity management.

  • Advice on protecting inventions
  • Support with filing and prosecution procedures
  • Patent prior-art searches
  • File management

Industrial designs

Protect the appearance of your products: shapes, lines, colours, patterns.

  • Advice on the appropriateness and scope of protection
  • Preparation of the filing and of the representations
  • Filing and follow-up of the procedure
  • Monitoring of maintenance or renewal deadlines

Integrated circuits

Protect the layout-designs (topographies) of your integrated circuits.

  • Advice on whether and how protection can be obtained
  • Analysis of the originality of the layout-design
  • Preparation of the filing and the required documents
  • Filing of the application and follow-up of the procedure

Appellations of origin

Protect the geographical name of products whose quality is due to their origin.

  • Advice on the eligibility of the name and the product
  • Support in preparing the registration file
  • Filing of the application and follow-up of the procedure before the competent office
  • Management of the registration, rights of use and renewals

Assignment and licence agreements

Drafting of rights assignment and licence agreements.

  • Drafting of agreements assigning industrial property rights
  • Drafting of licence agreements
  • Verification of the status of the titles concerned
  • Advice on the terms: scope, duration, territory, consideration

Appeals and litigation

Respond to a provisional refusal, defend your rights in a dispute.

  • Analysis of provisional refusal notices
  • Preparation of observations and appeals
  • Assessment of the situation in case of suspected infringement
  • Support with preliminary steps

International protection

Territoriality of rights and foreign right holders in Algeria; matters abroad by consultation.

  • Support for foreign right holders and their advisors in Algeria
  • Information on the territoriality of rights
  • Information on the international filing systems administered by WIPO
  • Review, after prior consultation, of requests concerning other territories

The information on this page is general. It does not constitute legal advice and does not prejudge the outcome of any procedure, which depends on each case and on the applicable law.

Would you like to protect a trademark, an invention or an industrial design?

Contact ASK-IP to tell us about your needs and find out about the possible next steps.