January, 2009 | NJQ & Associates

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Gaza Update – Trademark and Patent Office are Now Operational

The recent Israeli war on Gaza ended with a ceasefire. Our office in Gaza reports no damages and relevant offices and contacts are unharmed and we are ready to resume ...

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Yemen – New Head of Intellectual Property Office

In an attempt to speed up the registration procedure at the Intellectual Property Office, a new Registrar has been appointed. He is well known to us and comes with high ...

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Jordan – Increase in Supreme Court Fees

There has been a dramatic increase in Supreme Court fees from a range of 30-300 JD to 300-3000 JD (JD1 = US$1.412) as of January 2009.

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Saudi Arabia – Industrial Designs New Regulations

The General Directorate of Industrial Property requested that each industrial design be submitted as a separate application starting from November 29, 2008.

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Korea – Patents and Utility Models Update

The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) announced an adjustment of all fees effective January 1, 2009. Fees for initial examination went up 20% and for request of appeal 50%. On ...

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Algeria – Speed Up of Reviewing the Appeals Related to Provisional Refusals

The Trade Mark Office (INAPI) has decided to speed up processing the appeals in respect of Provisional Refusal. It is worth mentioning that now they are dealing with 2006 provisional ...

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African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) Adopted 9th Nice Classifications

OAPI adopted the 9th edition of the Nice Classification relating to International Classification of Goods and Services effective January 1, 2009.

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Iran – Conflict Between ETI SOHO and GOLDEN SOHA and SOHO

We successfully received a favorable ruling for the registration of the ETI SOHO trademark. The Court Branch 3 dismissed the denial by the Registrar of the registration based on similarity ...

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