Design

Required Documents

• Duly legalized and notarized or Apostille Power of Attorney by the Consulate of The Sultanate of Oman present in the applicant’s country, or by the Consulate of any Arab country in the case that an Omani consulate is not present.
• Copy of Commercial registration or a good standing certificate including all relevant information.
• A Deed of Assignment from the designer(s) to the applicant. This document should be notarized and legalized up to Consulate of Oman or by the Consulate of any Arab country in the case that an Omani consulate is not present.
• Name, address, nationality and list of the business activities of the applicant.
• Name & address of inventor(s) of the design.
• Technical specifications and full description of the design, such as title, nature, copies, etc.

• If priority is to be claimed, a certified copy of the priority document. An English translation of the priority document must be provided for the documents in any other language.

• Locarno Classification Number.

Protection Term

The design is valid for 15 years from the filing date, and must be renewed every 5 years.

Examination

As to novelty

Applications

Applications with multiple figures are allowed up to 100 designs, on the condition that all these designs fall under the same class

Notes

In Oman, the Industrial Property Rights Law no. 67 of 2008 was introduced on May 17, 2008. This law includes specifications on design protection. This law replaces existing laws no. 38 of 2000, 39 of 2000, 40 of 2000, 41 of 2000, and 82 of 2000. The regulations implementing Law no. 67 of 2008 came into effect in Oman on December 17, 2008 by the Ministerial Resolution no. 103 of 2008. Subsequently, The Omani Patent Office is now accepting design applications.