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TradeMarkes
- What is a trademark?
  - A trademark is a distinctive sign which is used to identify goods or services as those produced or provided by a specific person or enterprise.
- What does a trademark do?
  - A trademark provides protection to its owner by ensuring the exclusive right to use it to identify goods or services. A trademark can be used, or transferred or sold or licensed.
- What kinds of trademarks can be registered?
  - One or a combination of words, letters and numerals (Word trademarks – standard or stylized)
  - Drawings (device marks), symbols (device marks), three-dimensional signs (device marks), audible signs (sound marks), fragrances (scent marks) or colors (color marks)
  - Marks owned by association for its members to use them for identifying themselves with a level of quality or other requirements as set by the association (collective marks)
  - Marks that may be granted to anyone who can certify that the products or services meet certain established standards (certification marks)
Each country has its own trademarks law registration system and procedures. Some countries have joint trademark laws, registration system and procedures.
- In the field of Trademarks, YOUSSEF HAFEZ Co.provides a number of solutions, namely:
  - Conducting searches
  - Filing and prosecuting of new trademark applications
  - Filing and defending trademark oppositions
  - Filing and defending trademark cancellation actions
  - Filing and payment of maintenance fees
  - Attending to licensing issues and recording
  - Undertaking and payment of renewals for trademarks
  - Providing consultation on trademark issues
  - Providing consultation on distributor agreements touching on IP issues
  - Watching the trademark gazettes for infringing marks
  - Conducting market surveys for counterfeit acts and/or market information
  - Providing and taking of legal actions against infringers
PATENTS
- What is a patent?
  - A patent is an exclusive right granted for an invention. An invention provides a new way of doing something or offers a new technical solution.
- What does a patent do?
  - A patent provides its owner the protection of the invention.
- Each country has its own patent laws, registration system and procedures. Some countries have joint patent laws, registration system and procedures. In the field of Patents, YOUSSEF HAFEZ Co. provides a number of solutions, namely:
  - Conducting searches
  - Filing and prosecuting of patent applications or entering National Phase of PCT applications
  - Attending to recording of Assignment, Merger, Change of Name or Address
  - Attending to licensing issues and recordation
  - Undertaking and payment of annuities
  - Watching services
  - Consultation
DESIGNS

What is an industrial design?
- An industrial design is the ornamental or aesthetic aspect of an article. An industrial design consists of the creation of a shape, configuration or composition of pattern or color, or combination of pattern and color in three dimensional form containing aesthetic value. An industrial design can be a two- or three-dimensional pattern used to produce a product, industrial commodity or handicraft.
What does an industrial design do?
- An industrial design adds commercial value of a product and increases its marketability.

Each country has its own Industrial design laws, registration system and procedures.
Some countries have joint Industrial design laws, registration system and procedures.

In the field of Industrial Designs, YOUSSEF HAFEZ Co. provides a number of solutions, namely:
- Conducting searches
- Filing and prosecuting of design applications
- Attending to recording of Assignment, Merger, Change of Name or Address
- Attending to licensing issues and recording
- Undertaking and payment of maintenance and/or renewals
- Watching services
- Consultation

DOMAINS
- What is a domain name?
  - A domain name is the textual address or Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of a particular website. Each site has a numerical IP address that distinguishes it from every other site in the web. However, this numerical locator may be difficult to remember (i.e. 81.7.168.70) which is why a textual, easier-to-recall, name has been assigned to it (i.e.lafafsi.com). Given the fact that domain names must be unique and correspond only to one specific IP address, a user needs to register his or her domain name with an approved registrar. Once this has been done, the user has exclusive rights to that particular name.
- In the field of Domains, YOUSSEF HAFEZ Co. provides a number of solutions namely:
  - Conducting searches
  - Securing registration of a domain name
  - Attending to recording of Assignment, Merger, Change of Name or Address