Regulation of the Protection of Trademarks for Industry and Commerce in Syria and Lebanon

Type

Decision

Number

865

Date of the text

27/05/1921

Official Gazette

published in 1921

Status today

In force, amended as of 27/08/2026

Articles

24

What it provides

This decree regulates protection of trademarks for industry and commerce in Syria and Lebanon. It defines what counts as a trademark, requires registration with the industrial and artistic property office before suing infringers, sets a fifteen-year protection term renewable by re-registration, and governs transfer of

What has changed this text

• Amended by High Commissioner Decision No. 1136/1921 of 05/12/1921, articles 5, 7

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1921. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.