Industrial property is an exclusive right which gives to its holder the right to enjoy the advantages or the use of the good concerned. Industrial property concerns, as is stated in Article One of Law 17-97 relating to the protection of Industrial property (link to law), the following intangible goods:

• Technical creations: patents
• Decorative creations: Designs and Industrial Models
• Distinctive signs: Trademarks, Company names, commercial Names,

Labels of origin and geographical indications. This space offers the fundamental bases of industrial property through the various headings available: definition, registration, search for prior registrations and applications, infringement of rights, and actions to defend the latter.