The Egyptian IP law No. 82 of the year 2002 incorporates several legal actions that can be taken against an infringement matter on copyrighted material:
Criminal Action
The action can be taken where the plaintiff enjoys registered copyright and the defendant is not registering his.
Article 181:
Without prejudice to any more severe sanction under any other law, shall be punishable by imprisonment for a period of not less than one month and by a fine of not less than 5,000 pounds and not more than 10,000 pounds, or any of those sanctions, any person who commits any of the following acts:
(1) Selling, renting, or putting in circulation under any form, a work, a sound recording, or a broadcast program protected under this Law, without prior written authorization from the author or the owner of the related right;
(2) Knowingly imitating, selling, offering for sale, circulation or rental, a work, a sound recording, or a broadcast program;
(3) Knowingly imitating within the country, selling, offering for sale or circulation, renting or exporting to a foreign country a work, a sound recording, or a broadcast program published in a foreign country;
(4) Dissemination through computer networks, Internet, information networks, communication networks, and other means of technology of work, a sound recording, a broadcast program, or a performance protected under this Law, without prior written authorization from the author or the owner of the related right;
(5) Manufacturing, assembling, or importing for the purpose of sale or rent any device, tool, or implement especially designed or made to circumvent a technical protection means, such as encryption or the like, used by the author or the owner of the related right;
(6) Removing, neutralizing, or disabling, in bad faith, any technical protection device used by the author or the owner of the related rights;
(7) Infringing any of the moral or economic copyrights or related rights provided for in this Law.
Civil Action:
Unfair competition lawsuit can be filed in case the plaintiff is not have registered copyright or the defendant is having a registered one. Article 66 of the Commercial Code governs the unfair competition lawsuits.
Injunction:
Where a conservatory measure can be taken against the infringement matter. An order is to be taken by the competent judge until a civil lawsuit is filed and a decision is issued in the same.
Finally, we usually recommend serving a cease and desist letter before initiating any legal action so that the infringer cannot claim bona-fid before the court.