Satta King Disawar

 As a predominantly Muslim country, Egypt prohibits Satta King in line with the Quran. However, the practice is not outright illegal and the country's trademark law reflects it. The Law on the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (82/2002) does not contain any prohibition on the registration of Satta King and casino trademarks. However, Article 67(2) of the law prohibits the registration of trademarks that are considered contrary to public order or morality.

While land-based casinos are legal in Egypt (there are more than 20 in the country and one on a Nile cruise), the Egyptian government's leniency regarding casinos is limited, as the Penal Code explicitly prohibits Egyptian citizens from using them. , saying that they are exclusively for tourists. Yet unlike the United Arab Emirates Trademark Office, which considers casinos and related services to be contrary to public order and refuses to register related trademarks, the Egyptian Patent Office does not refer to public order or ethics when investigating Satta King-related marks. does not do.

Egypt has about 100 valid national trademarks in classes 28, 41 and 43 that identify goods and services related to Satta King and casinos. In addition, Egypt has more than 250 international registrations that identify similar goods and services. 20% of these national marks are owned by Egyptian applicants.

Although these numbers are only indicative, they represent two things. First, they show that the Egyptian Patent Office accepts Satta King Result and casino trademarks without any excessive restrictions. Second, they clarify that as far as Egyptian citizens are concerned, a distinction must be established between the legal ownership of a right and the illegal use of services relating to the same right.

As in most countries, casinos are strictly regulated and their numbers are closely monitored by the government – ​​namely, the Ministry of Tourism. This raises an additional question in the context of trademark rights. Because the number of casinos is limited, many of these marks cannot be used in Egypt and are in danger of being canceled for non-use. However, this should be mitigated by the fact that there are many online casinos in use in the country, although none of them are licensed by the government as online Gambling is not regulated under Egyptian law. The question is whether such use would be accepted by the Egyptian Registry.