# HENGAM: Boutique Law Firm for Intellectual Property and Litigation in Iran

> Full\-service IP and litigation firm in Tehran — trademark, patent, and design registration, anti\-counterfeiting, and IP litigation for international rights holders

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## Pages
- [Overcoming Madrid provisional refusals in Iran](https://hengamlaw.com/ip-in-iran/madrid-refusal/)
- [Sadegh Shamshiri](https://hengamlaw.com/about/sadegh-shamshiri/)
- [Home](https://hengamlaw.com/)
- [Trademark Non\-Use Cancellation](https://hengamlaw.com/ip-in-iran/trademark-non-use-cancellation/)
- [PCT National Phase](https://hengamlaw.com/ip-in-iran/pct-national-phase/)

## Posts
- [Unfair Competition under Iran’s Law](https://hengamlaw.com/unfair-competition-under-irans-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 dress, deceptive commercial practices, and price\-fixing\. These provisions align Iran’s framework with international standards such as the Paris Convention\.
- [Mapping Intellectual Property in Iran: How Inventions, Brands, and Creative Works Are Protected](https://hengamlaw.com/ip-in-iran-law-treaties-how-to-file-hengam/): 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 foreign counsel navigating filings and protection strategies\.
- [Utility Models: Iran's Newest Form of Industrial Property Protection](https://hengamlaw.com/utility-models-irans-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 route to protection for innovations that improve a product's shape or structure without meeting the inventive\-step threshold patents require — though, as this overview explains, it isn't yet available to applicants\.
- [Comparing Iran Unfair Competition Rules with Article 10bis of the Paris Convention](https://hengamlaw.com/what-article-10bis-of-the-paris-convention-requires/)
- [Utility Models in Iran: The Faster, Lighter Alternative to a Patent](https://hengamlaw.com/utility-models-in-iran/): 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 convert between the two\.

## Categories
- [Intellectual Property](https://hengamlaw.com/category/intellectual-property/)
- [Trademark](https://hengamlaw.com/category/intellectual-property/trademark/)
- [Unfair Competition](https://hengamlaw.com/category/intellectual-property/unfair-competition/)
- [Utility Model](https://hengamlaw.com/category/intellectual-property/utility-model/)
- [Trade Secrets](https://hengamlaw.com/category/intellectual-property/trade-secrets/)

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