Law No.9 of 2002 with respect to Trademarks, Trade Indications, Trade names, Geographical Indications and Industrial Designs and Templates.

This Law consisting of 57 articles divided in 13 Chapters aims at regulating the duties of the Office for the Protection of Industrial Property at the Ministry of Economy and Trade in respect to Trademarks, Trade Indications and Trade names. Main responsibilities of the Office are (i) issue the Industrial property Gazette; (ii) keep a register wherein shall be entered all registered marks with the details of their owners and the details of licensees; (iii) mark's registration procedures; (iv) publicize registered marks in the Gazette and/or their cancellation; (v) assignments and transfers of ownership of marks; (vi) transfers of collective mark; (vii) create a register for voluntary registration of trade names.
As for the commercial indications, art. 30 states that any commercial indication placed in any manner whatsoever on or in goods, shops or warehouses, or on signboards, packaging, invoices, writing paper, advertising materials or other means must correspond with reality. Geographical indications may be registered to protect the origin of a particular commodity, however they will be protected even if not registered.
The Chapters are entitled as follows: General Provisions (I); Protected Trademarks (II); Registration Procedures (III); Duration of Protection of the Mark & Renewal of Registration (IV); Effect of Registration (V); Assignment and Transfer Of Ownership Of a Registered Mark (VI); License Contract (VII); Renunciation, Cancellation and Nullity (VIII); Collective Marks (IX); Commercial Indications (X); Trade names, Geographical Indications and Industrial Designs and Templates (XI); Precautionary Measures and Sanctions (XII); Final Provisions (XIII).