Coalition Provisional Authority Order Number 81

Patent, Industrial Design, Undisclosed Information, Integrated Circuits and Plant Variety Law

Pursuant to my authority as Administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) and under the laws and usages of war, and consistent with relevant U.N. Security Council resolutions, including Resolution 1483 and 1511 (2003),

Having worked closely with the Governing Council to ensure that economic change as necessary to benefit the people of Iraq occurs in a manner acceptable to the people of Iraq,

Acknowledging the Governing Council’s desire to bring about significant change to the Iraqi intellectual property system as necessary to improve the economic condition of the people of Iraq,

Determined to improve the conditions of life, technical skills, and opportunities for all Iraqis and to fight unemployment with its associated deleterious effect on public security,

Recognizing that companies, lenders and entrepreneurs require a fair, efficient, and predictable environment for protection of their intellectual property,

Noting that several provisions of the current Iraqi Patent and Industrial Design Law and related legislation does not meet current internationally-recognized standards of protection,

Recognizing the demonstrated interest of the Iraqi Governing Council for Iraq to become a full member in the international trading system, known as the World Trade Organization, and the desirability of adopting modern intellectual property standards,

Acting in a manner consistent with the Report of the Secretary General to the Security Council of July 17, 2003, concerning the need for the development of Iraq and its transition from a non-transparent centrally planned economy to a free market economy characterized by sustainable economic growth through the establishment of a dynamic private sector, and the need to enact institutional and legal reforms to give it effect,

In close consultation with and acting in coordination with the Governing Council, I hereby promulgate the following:

Section 1

Amendments to the Patents, Industrial Design, Undisclosed Information, Integrated
Circuits and Plant Variety Law

1) The Patent and Industrial Designs Laws and Regulations (No. 65 of 1970) is hereby renamed the Patents, Industrial Design, Undisclosed Information, Integrated Circuits and Plant Variety Law (the “Law”).

2) Article 1.1 is amended to read as follows: “Minister—Minister of Industry.”

3) Article 1.4 is amended to read as follows: “Invention—Any innovative idea, in any of the fields of technology, which relates to a product or a manufacturing process, or both, and practically solves a specific problem in any of those fields.”

4) Article 1.6 is amended to read as follows: “Patentee—The natural or legal person to whom the patent is granted.”

5) Article 2 is amended to read as follows: “Patents of invention shall be granted pursuant to the provisions of this Law for each invention that is industrially applicable, novel and involves an inventive step, either concerning new industrial products, new industrial methods, or new application of known industrial methods.”

6) Article 3.2 is suspended.

7) Article 4 is amended to read as follows: “An invention shall not be considered as new in the following three cases:

a) If, the invention has been publicly worked out in or outside Iraq, or if the description or drawing of the invention has been publicized in periodicals within Iraq or outside it in such a clear way that enables experts to exploit;

b) If, letters patent had been granted to the invention or part thereof to a person other than the inventor or to whom the rights of the invention have been assigned, or that others had already applied for the same patent, or part thereof; or

c) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (a) and (b), the disclosure of the invention to the public shall not be taken into account if it occurred twelve months before the filing date of the application or its priority date, if any, and it occurred by actions taken by the applicant or applicant’s predecessor or due to an abuse by third parties against the applicant or predecessor.

“(2) An applicant for a patent shall disclose the invention in a manner sufficiently clear and complete for the invention to be carried out by a person skilled in the art.

(2) bis An applicant for a patent shall provide information concerning the applicant’s corresponding foreign applications and grants.”

15) Article 17 is suspended.

16) Article 18(2) is amended to read as follows: “That the specification and drawing disclose the invention in a manner sufficiently clear and complete for the invention to be carried out by a person skilled in the art.”

17) Article 27 is amended to read as follows: “The Registrar may grant a license to use a patent to third parties without obtaining the patentee’s consent in any of the following cases exclusively:

A. If the use of the patent by the state authorities or licensed third parties is a necessity for national defense or emergency or for noncommercial public good provided that the patentee is notified as soon as it becomes possible.

B. 1. If the patentee does not exploit it or exploits it insufficiently before the elapse of four years as of the application date or three years as of the granting date, the period to be applied is the one that elapses later. However, the Registrar may grant the patentee an additional grace period if it is deemed that reasons beyond the control of the patentee have prevented exploitation.

2. For the purposes of item (1) of this paragraph, and without prejudice to the provisions of the relevant International Conventions, the importation of the subject goods of the patent to Iraq shall be deemed utilization of the patent.

C. If rights are exercised by the patentee in such a way as to prevent others from competing fairly.”

18) Article 28 is amended to read as follows: “The following shall be taken into consideration when compulsory licenses are granted:
A. Each application for a license shall be decided separately for its specific conditions and circumstances.

B. The applicant shall have tried to obtain a license from the patentee under reasonable remuneration and conditions but did not reach an agreement during a reasonable period of time in the case provided for in paragraph (B) of Article 27 of this Law.

C. The scope and duration of the license shall be limited to the purpose for which it is granted. If the license application relates to semiconductor technology, then it shall only be granted for noncommercial public good or to rectify practices deemed by the competent judicial or administrative authority to be anticompetitive.

D. The license to exploit shall not be exclusive.

E. The license shall not be assignable to third parties.

F. The license shall only be granted for meeting the demand in the local market except in cases where practices have been deemed by the competent judicial or administrative authority to be anticompetitive.

G. The patentee shall receive an equitable remuneration which takes into account the economic value of the patent.”

19) Article 29 is amended to read as follows: “The Registrar may cancel the compulsory license sua sponte or on the strength of an application from the patentee if the reasons for its grant lapsed. This license cancellation shall, however, preserve the rights of those involved in the compulsory license.”

20) Article 30 is amended to read as follows: “The provisions and procedures related to licensing of patent utilization shall be prescribed pursuant to regulations to be issued to this aim.”

21) Article 30b is is added following Article 30 to read as follows: “The Registrar’s compulsory license decision shall be appealable to the Minister within 60 days of its notification.”

22) Article 34 is amended to read as follows: “Patentee’s rights shall not be affected by the exploitation of the invention in land, sea or air means of transport belonging to any of the countries that are members of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property or the World Trade Organization or that treat Iraq on a reciprocal basis, during their temporary or accidental existence in Iraq.”

23) Article 36.2b is is added following Article 36.2 to read as follows: “The application for registration of industrial designs or models shall be granted where the industrial design or model is new or original.”

24) Article 36.2ter is added following Article 36.2bis to read as follows: “The industrial design or model applied for is not considered novel if:

(1) It has been displayed, described or its uses were described to the public prior to the date of deposit of the application for registration. However, the industrial design or model shall still be considered novel, if its description or display had been made after the application for the registration in a country that treats Iraq on reciprocal basis, or if such is displayed in national or international exhibitions, or the industrial design or model has been made public in a conference or in scientific journals within a period not exceeding six months prior to the date of the application for the registration in Iraq.

(2) It includes non-basic differences in respect of a prior industrial design or model, or is dedicated to another type of product other than to which the previously registered industrial design or model was designed for.”

25) Article 36.2quater is added following Article 36.2ter to read as follows: “Application for registration of industrial designs that are dictated essentially by technical or functional considerations shall not be granted.”

26) Article 37bis is added following Article 37 to read as follows:

“1. The owner of a protected industrial design shall have the right to prevent a third party not having the owner’s consent from making, selling or importing articles bearing or embodying a design which is a copy, or substantially a copy, of the protected design, when such acts are undertaken for commercial purposes.

2. The Minister may, by regulation, provide limited exceptions to the protection of industrial designs, provided that such exceptions do not unreasonably conflict with the normal exploitation of protected industrial designs and do not unreasonably prejudice the legitimate interests of the owner of the protected design, taking account of the legitimate interests of third parties.”

27) Article 41 is amended to read as follows: “The term of protection of industrial designs shall be ten years as from the date of issue of the certificate, provided payment of the prescribed renewal annual fees is carried out.”

28) Article 44 is amended to read as follows:

“A. The owner of a patent or industrial design registered in Iraq, upon bringing suit to prevent the infringement of rights in the patent or design, may file a complaint with the competent court, with a bond, which the court shall accept for the following provisional measures:

2. If the patent or design owner does not file the lawsuit within eight days from the date of the court’s order for precautionary procedures, the ordered procedures shall be deemed canceled.

3. The defendant may appeal the court’s decision of precautionary procedures to the Court of Appeals within eight days from the date the defendant was notified of the decision. The decision of the Court of Appeals is final.

C. The defendant may file a request, with a bond, to ask the court to discontinue the precautionary measures including the closure of the enterprise, factory, or other related businesses. This decision shall be appeal able within eight days as of the date of its notification. The decision of the Court of Appeals shall be final.

D. The defendant may seek equitable compensation for damages suffered if the court concludes that the plaintiff’s lawsuit is without merit or was not filed within the prescribed period.

E. The court may, in all cases, seek the help of experts and specialists.

F. The court may order the confiscation of the infringing products, as well as the materials and tools substantially used in the infringement of the patent. The court may order them destroyed or disposed of for noncommercial purposes.”

29) Chapter Threebis is added following Article 54 for protection of Undisclosed Information.

30) Article 1 is added as the first article in Chapter Threebis to read as follows:

“Natural and legal persons shall have the possibility of preventing information lawfully within their control from being disclosed to, acquired by, or used by others without their consent in a manner contrary to honest commercial practices so long as such information:

a) is secret in the sense that it is not, as a body or in the precise configuration and assembly of its components, generally known among or readily accessible to persons within the circles that normally deal with the kind of information in question;

b) has commercial value because it is secret; and

c) has been subject to reasonable steps under the circumstances by the person lawfully in control of the information to keep it secret.”

31) Chapter Threebis, Article 2 is added to read as follows: “If the Minister requires the submission of data pertaining to secret tests, or any data which has been derived as a result of considerable efforts in order to approve the marketing of pharmaceuticals or chemical agricultural products which contain new chemical substances, then the Minister shall comply with the following:

a) Protection of such data from unclassified commercial use through prohibiting any other person who did not obtain the consent of the submitter to rely on it for marketing that other person’s pharmaceuticals and products except after the lapse of five years as of the date of obtaining the submitter of such data the approval to market those products; and

b) The protection of this data from disclosure with the exception of the following:

i) Should disclosure be necessary for the protection of the public; or
ii) Should the Minister realize the necessary precautions to guarantee unclassified commercial use of such data.”

32) Chapter Threeter is added following Chapter Threebis for protection of Integrated Circuits.

33) Chapter Threeter, Article 1 is added to read as follows: “The following words and phrases shall have the following meanings wherever mentioned in this Chapter, unless otherwise indicated:

The Ministry: The Ministry of Industry.

The Minister: The Minister of Industry.

Integrated Circuit/IC: A product, in its final form or an intermediate form, in which the elements, at least one of which is an active element, and some or all of the interconnections are integrally formed in and/or on a piece of material and which is intended to perform an electronic function.
Design: Three-dimensional array of the elements constituting the circuit forming the integrated circuit or specifically prepared for manufacturing the integrated circuit.

Protected Design: A design in respect of which the conditions of protection referred to in this Chapter are fulfilled.

Registrar: The Registrar of Integrated Circuit Designs in the Ministry as appointed by the Minister.

Register: The register of Integrated Circuit Designs.

Rights holder: The creator of the protected design or legal successors.”

34) Chapter Threeter, Article 2 is added to read as follows:

“A. A Register shall be established under the supervision of the Registrar and shall be entitled “Register of Integrated Circuit Designs.” In such Register, all information related to designs, rights holders, their addresses and certificates issued on their behalf shall be handwritten and registered together with the measures and legal procedures taken to include:

B. Any transfer, acquisition, assignment or licensing from rights holder to third party/parties; and

1. Any mortgage, lien, seizure, levy or any constraint in utilizing such design.

C. The public may access the Register pursuant to regulations issued by the Minister as published in the Official Gazette.

D. Computers may be used to register designs and related information. Information and documents certified by the Registrar are presumed evidence of registration, unless otherwise proven.”

35) Chapter Threeter, Article 3 is added to read as follows: “The design is registrable, if:

A. The design is original in the sense that it is the result of its creator’s own intellectual effort and is not commonplace among creators of integrated circuit designs and manufacturers of integrated circuits at the time of its creation; and

B. The application for registration is presented within two years of its first commercial exploitation anywhere worldwide.”

36) Chapter Threeter, Article 4 is added to read as follows: “The beneficiaries for design protection shall be as follows:

A. The creator or to whomever the design rights are accrued;

B. All participants in the design if the design is a result of a combined effort. Registration shall be equally owned unless otherwise agreed;

C. If the design was designed by more than one independent individual, the right is to the creator prior in applying for registration; or

D. The employer, if designed by an employee in fulfillment of an employment agreement, or commission, unless employment agreement otherwise stipulates.”

37) Chapter Threeter, Article 5 is added to read as follows: “The design is registered by filing the application for registration to the Registrar on the designated form, with requested information, samples and drawings attached. The application for registration is valid for only one registration.”

38) Chapter Threeter, Article 6 is added to read as follows: “A. The date the Registrar receives the application for registration of the design is considered the date of filing provided it fulfills all legal requirements and the information identifying the applicant and the design diagrams is attached.

A. If the Registrar determines that the application is incomplete as mandated by paragraph (A) of this Article, applicant may be given a period determined by regulation to complete the application, or make necessary amendments provided that such amendments exceed what was previously stated in the original application. The date of completion or amendment shall be the date of filing the application. Alternatively, the Registrar may determine that the applicant abandoned the application. Such decision may be appealed in the Court of Appeals within sixty days of the date of notification.”

39) Chapter Threeter, Article 7 is added to read as follows:
“A. If the application fulfills all conditions and legal requirements, the Registrar shall accept the registration and assess the fees.

B. If the Registrar announces such registration in the Official Gazette, any third party may file an objection within ninety days from the date of the published announcement. The appellate procedures shall be based on the regulations stipulated by this Chapter.

C. If no objection is filed against the acceptance of the registration of the design, the Registrar shall approve its registration and issue a certificate after assessing the determined registration fees.”

40) Chapter Threeter, Article 8 is added to read as follows:

“A. The rights holder of the registered design is entitled to authorize or prohibit the following acts:

1. Reproduction of the protected design, in whole or in part, whether incorporated in an integrated circuit or by any other means, except reproduction of any part that does not comply with the requirement of originality; or

2. Importation, sale or other distribution for commercial purposes of the protected design or an integrated circuit in which a protected design is incorporated.

B. It shall be an infringement of the rights of the owner of the protected design if any of the acts provided for in paragraph (A) of this Article are committed by third parties without consent of the rights holder and shall be liable to punishment.

C. A design comprising a combination of elements and interconnections that are commonplace shall be protected only if the combination, taken as a whole fulfills the conditions of originality as stipulated in this Chapter.”

41) Chapter Threeter, Article 9 is added to read as follows: “Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 8 of this Chapter, the performance without the authorization of the right holder, of the following:

A. Reproduction of the design in the following cases:

1. If reproduction is performed by a third party for private purposes or for the sole purpose of evaluation, analysis, research or teaching; or
2. If reproduction is of a non-original part of the design.

B. Incorporation of the protected design in an integrated circuit if, on the basis of evaluation or analysis of the protected design, creates a design complying with the requirement of originality referred to in Article 3 (A);

C. Any of the acts as stipulated in subparagraph 2 of paragraph (A) of Article 8 of this Chapter with respect to:

1. a similar design that is original and which was independently created;

2. a design or an integrated circuit incorporated in which is a design offered on
the market by the rights holder or the rights holder approved offering of such; or

3. an integrated circuit that incorporates an illegally reproduced design or a product that incorporates such circuit and alleged infringer when acquiring such circuit or product was unaware and could not have been aware that such circuit or product contains a design that was illegally reproduced, in compliance with Article 10 of this Chapter.”

42) Chapter Threeter, Article 10 is added to read as follows: “If a person commits an act stipulated in subparagraph 3 of paragraph (C) of Article 9 of this Chapter and the right holder had legally notified such person, then that person is entitled to dispose of the stocked products before being held liable provided that such person compensates the rights holder with a sum equivalent to reasonable revenues had such act been based upon a license between the parties.”

43) Chapter Threeter, Article 11 is added to read as follows:

“A. Protection of the design shall be effective from the date the application for registration is filed in Iraq.

B. The period of the design protection is ten years from the date of first commercial exploitation anywhere worldwide, such period shall, however, not exceed fifteen years from the date of creation of the design.”

44) Chapter Threeter, Article 12 is added to read as follows:

“A. Any third party is entitled to request the cancellation of the design in the following cases:

1. the design is unregistrable due to lack of any of the conditions stipulated in
Article 3 of this Chapter; or

2. the application for registration does not include all the required information, or if such information or attached documents are contrary to the facts or in violation of the provisions of this Chapter.

B. The Registrar’s decision to cancel the registration of the design in accordance with paragraph (A) of this Article may be appealed to the Court of Appeal within sixty days of notification.”

45) Chapter Threeter, Article 13 is added to read as follows:

“A. 1. Design ownership may be transferred in whole or in part, with or without compensation. The design may have a lien against it or be levied, which shall be published in the Official Gazette.

2. Transfer of design ownership, liens or levies to a third party is effective only as
of the date of registration in the Register.

B. Ownership of the design may be transferred by inheritance.”

46) Chapter Threeter, Article 14 is added to read as follows: “Procedures for design ownership transfer, liens and levies on ownership and all legal procedures shall be stipulated by regulation issued by the Minister and published in the Official Gazette.”

47) Chapter Threeter, Article 15 is added to read as follows: “The owner may license a third party to exploit the protected design according to a written agreement to be registered with the Registrar. The Registrar shall keep the agreement of the contract confidential.”

48) Chapter Threeter, Article 16 is added to read as follows:

“A. The rights holder upon bringing suit to prevent infringement of the design or in anticipation of such a suit, may file a complaint with the competent court, with a bond, which the court shall accept for the following provisional measures:

1. Cease the infringement;

2. Seize goods subject of the infringement wherever it occurs; or

3. Preserve evidence related to the infringement.

B. 1. Before bringing a claim of infringement, the rights holder may, with a bond, request the court to order any the procedures provided for in paragraph (A) of this Chapter, without notifying the defendant. The court may grant the rights holder’s request if any of the following is proven:

Section 2
Entry into Force

This Order shall enter into force on the date of signature.



L. Paul Bremer, Administrator
Coalition Provisional Authority

CPA/ORD/26 April 2004/81

Patents and Industrial Designs Laws and Regulations
(No. 65 of 1970

In the name of the People
Presidency of the Republic

CHAPTER TWO
INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS

Article 36

1. The application for registration of industrial designs shall be submitted to the Registrar in compliance with the conditions stipulated in the Regulations.
2. Every industrial design should be separately applied for.

Article 37

1. Applications which do not comply with the conditions stipulated in the Regulations shall be rejected.
2. The applicant may appeal the decision of the Registrar to the Minister within thirty days from the date of service decision. The decision of the Minister shall in this respect be final.

Article 38

1. The Directorate shall issue the necessary certificate of registration of the industrial design containing the information mentioned in the Regulations.

Article 39

Any interested person may ask for copies of certificates and decisions relating to the registration of industrial design upon payment of the prescribed fees.

Article 40

Assignment of industrial designs shall not be accepted as proof against third parties unless recorded in the Register.

Article 41

Term of protection of industrial designs shall be seven years as from the date of issue of the certificate, provided payment of the prescribed renewal annual fees is carried.

Article 42

Fees relating to registration, assignment and amendment of industrial designs shall be levied in accordance with the schedule of fees No. (2 attached to this Law.

Article 43

The Registrar shall publish a notice in the Review for accepted, registered and canceled industrial design, and also any assignment or amendment that may occur thereon.

CHAPTER THREE
GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 44

A penalty of imprisonment not exceeding two years or a fine not exceeding one thousand Iraqi Dinars, or both, shall be imposed on whoever:
1. Imitates an invention for which a patent has been granted in accordance with this Law.
2. Imitates an industrial design for which a certificate has been issued in accordance with this Law.
3. Sells, or offers for sale and circulation, or imports from abroad, or possesses with the intention of trading, imitated products, or materials that include an imitated invention or industrial design knowingly to be imitated, if such invention or design was registered in Iraq.
4. Places unlawfully a patent or a certificate of industrial design which has already been registered in Iraq or outside it.

Article 45

1. Patentee or owner of the industrial design may, during the hearing of civil or criminal action obtain - upon application supported by an official certificate denoting the registration of the invention or industrial design and upon submitting a financial guarantee proportionate to the value of the products as estimated by court - an order from the court to attach provisionally the imitated products or goods and also the tools and instruments used for such purpose, and if the goods are imported from abroad an attachment on such imitated goods upon importation.
2. patentee or owner of the industrial design may, before the institution of a civil or criminal action, obtain an order for attachment in accordance with paragraph (1 of this Article, provided that the civil or criminal suit shall be brought within eight days from the date of provisional attachment, otherwise the attachment measures shall be canceled by decision of the competent court.
3. The decision to impose a provisional attachment may include, if necessary, the delegation of an expert or more to assist in the execution of the decision.

Article 46

The court may, in any civil or criminal action, decide upon the confiscation of the articles attached or to be attached later on and to deduct their value from the fines or compensations, or to dispose of them in any other manner which the court may deem advisable. The court may, if necessary, order their destruction or decide on any other advisable measures. The court shall publish the judgment, at the expense of the adjudged, in the Review and in one or more newspapers.

Article 47

Temporary protection of inventions and industrial designs exhibited in national or international exhibitions held in Iraq or in other countries that treat Iraq on reciprocal basis, shall be guaranteed during the period of such exhibitions. The patentee or the owner of the industrial design must notify the Registrar, upon payment of the prescribed fees, of the details of invention or industrial design, within seven days prior to the date of exhibition.

Article 48

Officials of the Directorate General of Registration and Supervision of Companies are not permitted to submit applications, personally or through agents, to obtain patents or registration of industrial designs unless after the elapse of five years at least from the date of their leaving service.

Article 49

1. The Minister may, with the approval of the President of the Republic and upon the recommendation of the Ministry of Industry and the confirmation of the Ministry of Finance, grant rewards to citizens who shall produce inventions or submit industrial designs that will serve the country.

2. The Registrar may, with the approval of the Minister and after confirmation by the Ministry of Finance exempt citizens who have scientific capability and efficiency from the fees required under this Law.

Article 50

Patents and industrial designs shall be classified according to the manner shown in the Regulations.

Article 51

Regulations may be issued to facilitate the execution of this law.

Article 52

Patent Law No. 61 of 1035 with its amendments and Regulation made thereunder shall be repealed.

Article 53

This Law shall come into force as from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.

Article 54

The Ministers are charged with the execution of this Law.
Made at Baghdad on the 17th, day of Moharram 1390, A.H., corresponding to 25th day of March 1970, A.D.
Ahmad Hassan Al-Bakir
Chief of the Revolutionary Command Council
President of the Republic
Published on April 6, 1970 in Official Gazette No. 1865

PATENTS & INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS
REGULATIONS NO. 21 OF 1970

COMMON PROVISIONS

Article 1

1. The Registrar of Patents and Industrial Designs shall be appointed by a decision of the Minister of Economy.

Article 2

1. Applications and letters concerning patents and industrial designs shall be forwarded to the Registrar at the Directorate General of Registration and Supervision of Companies, and shall be written in Arabic.
2. Specifications and details concerning patents and industrial designs shall be submitted to the Registrar in Arabic and if submitted in any other language, Arabic translation must be attached.
3. Application shall be furnished with a receipt denoting the receipt of the application and containing serial number, date of receipt, name and address of applicant and title of patent or industrial design.

Article 3

Patents and industrial designs certificates shall be sent to their owners at their registered addresses.

Article 4

Applications for the registration of inventions and industrial designs from persons residing abroad must not be submitted except through legally authorised agents.

Article 5

1. Patents are classified according to the patents' classification schedule attached to these Regulations.
2. Industrial designs are classified according to the industrial designs' classification schedule attached to these Regulations.


INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS

Article 11

Application for registering an industrial design shall be presented in Form (N.S.1 attached to these Regulations, and must contain name, address of owner of industrial design, agent's name and address, if any, signed by him, after levying fees prescribed by law, and must contain the way denoting the industrial design for which protection is applied and the class in which it is to be registered, together with the following:
1. Six copies of its definition.
2. Six copies of its drawing or planning.
3. A printing block of its drawing or planning.
4. A small model of the design to be registered.

Article 12

The Registrar, when accepting application for registration of industrial design, must register the following in the appropriate register:
1. Number of application.
2. Date of application.
3. Class.
4. Registration number of industrial design.
5. Registration date of industrial design.
6. Name of owner of industrial design.
7. Address of owner of industrial design.
8. Nationality of owner of industrial design.
9. Summary of definition of industrial design.
10. A copy of the industrial design.

Article 13

The Registrar, after registration of required information of the industrial design in the appropriate register, must issue certificate according to Form (N.S.2 attached to these Regulations, containing the following:
1. Name of owner of industrial design.
2. Address of owner of industrial design.
3. Nationality of owner of industrial design.
4. Class in which industrial design has been registered.
5. Summary of definition of industrial design.
6. A copy of the drawing of industrial design or plan.
7. Registration date of industrial design.

Article 14

The Registrar shall advertise the accepted and registered industrial designs in the Review. The notification must contain a picture of the industrial design, acceptance or registration number and date, name and address of owner, notification of assignment of industrial designs, cancellation and any other changes must also be advertised.

Article 15

These regulations shall come into force as from the date of publication thereof in the Official Gazette.

Article 16

The Minister of Economy is charged with the execution of these Regulations.

Made at Baghdad on the 1st day of Safar 1390, A.H., corresponding to 7th day of April, 1970, A.D.

Class 1:

Installation for cooking, heating, refrigerating, drying, ventilating, washing and their accessories.

Class 2:

Installation for lighting, their accessories and completion materials.

Class 3:

Tools and instruments of various kinds and their accessories and parts thereof.

Class 4:

Furniture and their accessories.

Class 5:

Machines, engines and their accessories and parts.

Class 6:

Buildings, constructions and their concerns.

Class 7:

Shoes of various kinds and shapes.

Class 8:

Textiles of various kinds.

Class 9:

Clothes of various kinds, shapes and their concerns.

Class 10:

Stationery including books, magazines and newspapers.

Class 11:

Games, playthings, their concerns and sporting articles (other than clothes).

Class 12:

Transport means by land, water and air of various kinds and their accessories.

Class 13:

Golden, silver and platinum jewelry, precious stones and others, their imitations and concerns.

Class 14:

Casings and containers including dishes, cups, bottles and the like.

Class 15:

Carpets, rugs, mats, mattresses and the like.

Class 16:

Ammunition, firearms, their accessories and completion elements.

Class 17:

Measuring and checking apparatus including watches, optical and their accessories.

Class 18:

Scientific instruments, broadcasting and receiving instruments including radio, television, telephone, telex and the like and concerns.

Class 19:

Musical instruments.

Class 20:

Designs not included in other classes.

AUTHENTICATION OF SIGNATURES ON IRAQI AND FOREIGN DOCUMENTS AND LEGAL INSTRUMENTS
LAW No. 52 of 1970

Article 1

(as amended by Law No. 54 of 1971:
a. Powers of attorney, legal instruments and documents, excluding certificates of origin and commercial invoices, signed in a foreign country and drawn up in accordance with the law of that country, shall be enforceable in Iraq if certified by an Iraqi Consul or a person performing consular duties for Iraq, by authenticating any of the following:

1. The authentication effected by a foreign notary public or any foreign competent authority following the authentication of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of that foreign country or foreign authorities having competence for such authentication.
2. The authentication effected by the administration of a university or institute, if the person requesting authentication is an Iraqi student belonging to a recognized university or institute.
3. The authentication effected by a chamber of commerce or similar authority in a foreign country, according to its own practice.

b. For the purpose of authentication, the Iraqi Consulate must be officially advised of the specimen seals and signatures of the competent foreign authorities referred to in the preceding paragraph.

c. In the case where no Iraqi Consul, or a person acting for him, is available in a foreign country, the authentication referred to in paragraph (a) of this Article shall be effected by the consul of that foreign country in Iraq or by the person acting for him.

Article 2

a. In all cases stated in Article (1, this authentication shall be confirmed by the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who shall have the right to authenticate documents authenticated in a country wherein no ministry of foreign affairs, or an Iraqi Consul or a person acting for him, is available, or if that country has no consul in Iraq, provided that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is satisfied of the genuineness of the issued document.
b. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs may accept the authentication of the foreign consul or the person acting for him in Iraq, in respect of the documents, legal instruments and powers of attorney mentioned in Article (1, if not authenticated by the Iraqi Consul, or by the person acting for him, in the foreign country wherein they were prepared.

Article 3

(as amended by Law No. 54 of 1971:

a. The Iraqi Commercial Attaché, or the person performing his duties in the establishments of the Iraqi Republic abroad, shall authenticate certificates of origin and commercial invoices, and he shall, before authentication, ascertain that the following conditions are fulfilled:

1. That they are authenticated by the Chamber of Commerce or similar authority in the foreign country, according to the local practice.

2. That the manufacturers of the goods are not boycotted.

3. That the goods are produced by the same manufacturers stated in the certificate of origin or commercial invoice.
b. The Ministry of Economy may accept the authentication of the Commercial Attaché, or the person performing his duties, in foreign representations and bodies accredited in the Iraqi Republic, in respect of certificates of origin and commercial invoices.
c. A certificate of origin issued by any of the member States of the Arab Common Market, and authenticated officially in the country of origin, shall be enforceable in Iraq.

Article 4

Documents and legal instruments prepared and issued by accredited foreign consulates and diplomatic missions in Iraq, and by foreign bodies and international and regional organizations operating in Iraq, shall be enforceable in Iraq, provided that they are authenticated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Article 5

Iraqi authorities to whom documents and legal instruments referred to in the preceding articles are submitted, may ask for an Arabic translation of same to be attached thereto.

Article 6

The provisions of agreements and conventions concluded between the Iraqi Republic and foreign countries shall be observed if they contain other procedures and rules for authentication of signatures on documents and legal instruments enforceable in the other country.

Article 7

Signed documents, legal instruments and powers of attorney prepared in Iraq and intended for use in foreign countries, shall be authenticated by the competent authorities in the following manner:
a. Authentication by every ministry of any legal instrument or document issued by any department attached to that ministry.
b. Authentication by the Ministry of Justice of legal instruments and documents issued by departments, institutions, organizations and other bodies having judicial personality, not attached to any ministry.
c. Authentication by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, thereafter.
d. The Iraqi certificate of origin shall not be subject to authentication by the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs and consular bodies abroad, if it is intended for use in a member State of the Arab Common Markets.

Article 8

The Approval of the Directorate General of Income Tax and the Foreign Exchange Department in the Central Bank of Iraq is required when authenticating any of the following legal instruments, whether such instruments are drawn up in Iraq for use abroad, or otherwise:
a. Religious or civil orders of inheritance shares.
b. Orders of succession and instruments relating to the winding up of estates.
c. Wills and deeds of trusteeship and Waqf.
d. General powers of attorney and specific powers if such powers relate to property.
e. Documents relating to patents of invention and trade marks.

Article 9

The afore-stated procedure of authentication shall apply to every copy of a document submitted for authentication.

Article 10

a. For the purposes of this Law, authentication of legal instruments, documents, powers of attorney and copies thereof by the ministries shall be subject to a fee of 100 fils for each operation, in addition to the other fees payable on such documents in accordance with the laws in force.

b. Documents issued by foreign diplomatic and consular missions and by international and regional organizations operating in Iraq, belonging to their members and employees who enjoy exemptions according to international practice or international agreements, shall be exempt from the fee provided in paragraph (a) of this Article.

Article 11

(as amended by Law No. 54 of 1971 : Subject to the provision of Article 3 (a) of this Law, the authentication effected by the Iraqi competent authorities under this Law, means the confirmation of the validity of signatures and seals set in the documents and legal instruments.

Article 12

(as amended by Law No. 54 of 1971 : The Ministers of Justice and Foreign Affairs may, each within his competence, issue instructions to facilitate the execution of this Law. The Minister of Economy may issue instructions in respect of authentication of certificates of origin and commercial invoices.

Article 13

Law No. 76 of 1960 pertaining to authentication of signatures on foreign documents shall be repealed.

Article 14

This Law shall come into force as of its publication in the Official Gazette.

Article 15

The Ministers are charged with the implementation of this Law.
Made at Baghdad on the 7th day of Moharram 1390, A.H., corresponding to the 15th day of March 1970, A.D.