Information Guide

Patent granting procedure

The filing and registration of the patent is carried out at the ODPIC by following the steps below:
✓ Presentation of the documents and the previously completed form (form to be withdrawn on the ODPIC site)
✓ Issuance of deposit receipt
✓ Registration in the patent register
✓ Feasibility study (formal and substantive examination)
✓ If accepted: publication for 18 months
✓ 3 month objection
✓ Grant of the patent

Obtaining a patent guarantees the company a monopoly of exploitation for a period of 20 years.

The costs relating to the patent are distinguished in 2 parts

1. Royalties relating to patent filing
‣ Invention patent filing fee 122,500 FDJ
‣ Feasibility study: 45,000 FDJ
‣ Correction of errors of expression, transcription or
material errors: 10,000 DJF
‣ Registration of deeds affecting ownership or enjoyment
fees: 10,000 FDJ
‣ Registration of change relating to the identification
from the owner: 10,000FDJ
‣ Declaration of withdrawal: 10,000 FDJ

2. Royalties on the maintenance in force of the patent
‣ 1st period of 5 years: 50,000 FDJ
‣ 2nd period of 5 years: 75,000 FDJ
‣ 3rd period of 5 years: 100,000 FDJ
‣ 4th period of 5 years: 125,000 FDJ

CONTACT INFORMATION

Djiboutian Office of Intellectual and Commercial Property (ODPIC)

Mohamed Dileita Street
PO: 2017

Phone: +253 21 35 60 11
Fax: +253 21 35 60 92
Email: contact@odpic.net
Website: https://www.odpic.net

REGISTRATION OF PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, DESIGNS AND MODELS

To secure the intangible assets of companies against fraudulent and illegal maneuvers (counterfeiting, unfair competition and usurpation) and reduce disputes between economic actors, the Republic of Djibouti, like other countries, has set up a dedicated institution protection of industrial and commercial property. The Djibouti Office of Industrial and Commercial Property (ODPIC), a state-owned industrial and commercial company with legal personality and financial autonomy was created in 2008 by Law No. 49/AN/08/6 th .

This institution's mission is to register and issue patents, certificates of registration of trademarks, designs and models in Djibouti

A patent protects an invention (product, composition of matter, apparatus, process or improvement of an old product) which must have the following characteristics: be new and offer the possibility of being used or applied. Also, the patent grants a monopoly to the author of this invention for a certain period predefined by the regulations.

angle-left Overview of the patent process in Djibouti

Overview of the patent process in Djibouti

Djiboutian law, through article 22 of law n° 50/AN/09/6èmeL, provides for the protection of any new invention, involving an inventive activity and capable of industrial application.

The process of patenting a product in Djibouti is guided by the Trademark Law of 2018, which provides for the protection of service marks, registration of collective marks, certification marks, among others.

There are different types of patents:

- patents,
- certificate of addition,
- PCT national phase application

Remark:
It is not compulsory to file a patent. However, it is strongly recommended to protect its creation.

Important information related to patent filing

Components for the patent application:
• A duly completed form;
• A detailed description of your invention;
• One or more claims;
• An abstract of the technical content;
• Where appropriate, the drawings necessary for the understanding of the invention;
• Payment of royalties.

deposit date

It is desirable to file as soon as possible. The filing date of your application is essential to become the holder of the prior rights. You will enjoy a right of priority not only in Djibouti and in the member states of the Paris Union. You have a period of 12 months from the filing date to request protection for your innovation from the signatory States of the Paris Convention.

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