Protection
Protecting your intellectual property
Upstream, SALMOUNI-ZERHOUNI & Associés provides to protect intellectual property rights, in particular:
Trademarks
- Conducting trademark clearance searches to check the availability of the proposed sign
- Developing trademark registration strategies
- Registering trademarks in Morocco and abroad
Patents
- Examining the patentability of the invention and drafting patent applications, in collaboration with patent engineers covering all technical fields
- Filing patent applications in Morocco and abroad
Plant varieties
- Filing applications for protection with the Office National de Sécurité Sanitaire des Produits Alimentaires (ONSSA - National Office for Food Safety)
Industrial designs
- Examining the conditions of validity of the design, in particular by prior art searches
- Filing designs in Morocco and abroad
Copyrights
- Implementing protection strategies, in particular regarding the dating of works of art
Domain names
- Registrating domain names
Bringing value to your intellectual property
The firm also audits intellectual property portfolios, particularly in the context of business acquisitions, and negotiates and drafts licensing, assignment, distribution and franchise agreements.
