Insights
Clear perspectives on Iranian IP law — practical guides for foreign counsel navigating Iran's intellectual-property system, written by the practitioners who handle the matters.
Enforcing IP Rights in Iran: Remedies, Penalties and the Courts
How intellectual property rights are enforced in Iran under the 2024 Industrial Property Act — infringement, damages, injunctions and customs seizure, criminal penalties, unfair competition, and…
Trade Secrets in Iran: Protecting Confidential Business Information
How trade secrets are protected in Iran under the 2024 Industrial Property Act — what qualifies, what counts as infringement, whether reverse engineering is lawful, and…
Trademarks and Trade Names in Iran: A Practical Guide
How trademark protection works in Iran under the 2024 Industrial Property Act — what is registrable, the ten-year term, cancellation for non-use, bad-faith registrations, and trade-name…
Industrial Designs in Iran: Protecting How a Product Looks
How industrial design protection works in Iran under the 2024 Industrial Property Act — what qualifies, what is excluded, the registration process, and the five-year renewable…
Utility Models in Iran: The Faster, Lighter Alternative to a Patent
What a utility model protects in Iran under the 2024 Industrial Property Act, how it differs from a patent, its three-year term, cost, and how to…
Patents in Iran: A Practical Guide to the 2024 Industrial Property Act
How to obtain, keep, and enforce a patent in Iran under the 2024 Industrial Property Act — what is patentable, who can apply, the 20-year term,…
Can Foreign Companies Lawfully Engage Iranian IP Counsel Under US Sanctions
Yes. You can engage Iranian counsel to file, prosecute, register, renew, maintain, and defend a trademark, patent, or industrial design in Iran. You can also pay that…
Utility Models: Iran’s Newest Form of Industrial Property Protection
Iran's Industrial Property Protection Act (2024) introduces, for the first time, a form of protection long familiar elsewhere: the utility model. It offers a faster, cheaper…
Trademark Cancellation for Non-Use Under Iranian Law: A Guide for Foreign Rights Holders
Iran's 2024 Industrial Property Protection Act lets an interested party cancel a registered trademark unused for three years—a mechanism that cuts both ways. Foreign rights holders…
Joint Trademark Registration in Iran: What Article 107 Permits — and Limits
Article 107 of Iran’s Industrial Property Protection Law (2024) allows two or more parties to register and own a single trademark together. The permission is genuine, but…
Absolute Refusal Grounds under Iranian Trademark Law
Understanding absolute refusal grounds is crucial for trademark applicants in Iran. Under Article 96 of the 2024 Law on Protection of Industrial Property, signs lacking distinctiveness,…
Unfair Competition under Iran’s Law
Articles 129 and 130 of Iran’s Law on the Protection of Industrial Property (2024) define key instances of unfair competition, including false advertising, imitation of trade…
Mapping Intellectual Property in Iran: How Inventions, Brands, and Creative Works Are Protected
A concise overview of Iran’s modern intellectual property framework under the 2024 Industrial Property Act — covering patents, trademarks, designs, and copyright, with practical insights for…