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and for fifty years from the date of his death. The new legal provisions (dissolved CPA Order No. 83) also protect performers,
granting them the exclusive right to broadcast and public transmission, including but not limited to transmission by means of

innovative forms of communication, and in line with accepted international standards for protecting trademarks.
The Iraqi government is committed to protecting trademarks that are internationally recognized even if they are not registered in

Iraq.

• Investors may register new trademarks with the Registrar of trademarks in the Ministry of Industry and Minerals (MIM); please
visit: www.industry.gov.iq.

• Investors can transfer their ownership and grant licenses for the use of a registered trademark.
• Iraqi laws protect registered trademarks for 10 years.

• Investors may extend this for another 10 years if the owner of the trademark resubmits a request within six months of the date

of expiration of the trademark’s protection.

Industrial Designs
The approval of the application for the registration of industrial designs or models is issued when the industrial design or model

is new or innovative, but the industrial design or model is not considered innovative in the following cases:
First: If the display, description, or its use is described to the public before the filing of the application for registration.

Second: If its display or description took place after the submission of the application for registration in a country that deals with

Iraq on the basis of the principle of reciprocity.
Third: If it was displayed in national or international exhibitions, or the industrial design or model was displayed to the public at

a scientific conference or in a newspaper within a period of not more than six months prior to the date of filing the registration
application in Iraq.

Fourth: If it includes non-essential differences with regard to the design or former industrial model, or if it was allocated for

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