Intellectual Property

Today, Farahat & Co. Intellectual Property Agent is well established to deliver a practical global service to meet our clients' Intellectual property requirements, as we have a specialist division within our consulting department. It is our mission to help our clients gain efficient and complete benefit of their intellectual property rights through practical approach and commitment of our professional staff.” Know your customer, know their business" continues to be the anti-money laundering motto. The responsibilities of staff in financial services have been broadened by the Proceeds of Crime Act to include not just reporting attempts of money laundering, but any kind of illegal activities.

One of our contributions, of which we, Farahat & Co., take pride in is our assistance and continued support to governmental committees and officials who are charged with revising and drafting new laws and regulations for the enforcement of intellectual property rights. Our participation in this field aims at ensuring adequate methods of protection for intellectual property rights

COPYRIGHTS
Farahat & Co. realizes the importance of the Copyright Protection, because these rights are perpetual and inalienable and include the right to publish for the first time, the right of paternity, the right of integrity and the right to withdraw a work from circulation in certain circumstances. We operate a fast, comprehensive and secure international copyright registration service that provides strong evidence designed to protect our clients rights worldwide. Our high service standards and strong policies ensure proper care, and provision is taken for with all works entrusted to us.

Copyright protects original literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic work, published editions of works, sound recordings, films (including video grams) and broadcasts.

DOMAIN NAMES
Domain name is an address on the Internet, and is commonly used to find a particular 'website'. The name actually translates to a number or a series of numbers, roughly comparable to a telephone number. Like a telephone number, an Internet address is unique, that is to say, no two are alike. And like a telephone number, it serves to connect "callers" to one specific place on the Net.

Farahat & Co. provide specialist advice in order to choose a domain name which is not in conflict with the trademark of another company, particularly a well known trademark. This is because many national laws, or courts, treat registration of the trademark of another company or person as a domain name as trademark infringement, popularly known as cyber-squatting. If this happens, then your business may not only have to transfer or cancel the domain name, but it may also have to pay damages or a heavy fine.

INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS
Industrial designs or models shall be granted upon a decision of the Minister of Finance and Industry and also published in the Journal on payment of the required fee.

MAIN BRANCHES OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Intellectual property comprises of creation of the human intellect. It consists mainly of two branches, one being industrial property dealing with technological inventions, utility models, trademarks for goods and services, industrial designs, etc; and the other being copyright, which protects literary, musical, artistic, photographic and audiovisual works, films, computer programs and software, etc; as well as related rights, that are neighbouring on copyright (neighbouring rights), namely the rights of performing artists, producers of phonograms and broadcasting organizations.

PATENTS
Patent is a right associated with any new invention resulting from a novel idea or novel improvement of an invention protected by a patent. Patents protect the technical and functional aspects of products and processes.

TRADEMARKS
Trade Marks protect signs which distinguish the goods and services of one trader from those of another. However, IP also covers trade secrets, plant varieties, geographical indications, performer’s rights and so on. Often, more than one type of IP may apply to the same creation

Preliminary Checklist for Selecting your Trademark