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Trademark Squatting
In Egypt and Comparative Law

I. Introduction:

Generally, National policies Dr. Walid Ahmed Mohamed Amin
matter for attracting foreign
investment to a larger num- Doctor of Law, Faculty of Law,
ber of developing countries Bani Swaif University, Egypt
and for reaping the full ben-
efits of foreign investment marks by “pirates” prior to
for development. In order registration by actual own-
for any foreign company to ers.
start investing in a country,
it must ensure that its prod- After registering the trade-
ucts will be protected from mark, a pirate has several
imitation in the target coun- options: sell the trademark
try’s market. This starts with back to the rightful own-
registering its trademark in er, distribute goods bearing
this country. the trademark to consumers
who believe they are gen-
However, there is an ob- uine, exclude the rightful
stacle to achieving this in owner from the market by
developing countries and threatening an infringement
others, this obstacle is the
unauthorized registration of
internationally known trade-

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