Customes Duty Department – NJQ & Associates

Kurdistan of Iraq (Northern Iraq) – New Fees for the Registration with Customs

NJQ & Associates — Sun, 15 Mar 2015 14:57:09 +0000

ERBIL – A new amendment will take effect in the trademark registration procedure. Previously, when a trademark matured to registration, the Trademark Office in Northern Iraq (NIQ) used to issue a letter directed to Customs for circulation purposes. Now this process no longer occurs. Instead, to obtain such letter, the owner must submit an application to the NIQ with a fee of IQD50000.

For more information, please contact iraq@qumsieh.com.

Lebanon – The Trademark Office and Customs Department Establishing New Trademarks Surveillance Measurements

NJQ & Associates — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 21:48:26 +0000

BEIRUT – Recently, the Lebanese Trademark Office (LTMO) and Customs Department have taken new measures to prevent the entrance of counterfeit products into the market.

In order to assist with the smooth implementation of these new measures, the Ministry has delegated an officer from the LTMO to be present at the Customs Office to verify the genuineness of the incoming goods. When spotting a suspected product, Customs will hold the shipment for two weeks and will contact the registered representative of the applicant on record to take further action and then the case will be transferred to the public prosecutor.

For more information, please contact us at lebanon@qumsieh.com.

Sudan – Customs Registration

NJQ & Associates — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 10:04:20 +0000

Registration at Customs Department is Now Available

Following the recent regulations of border measures, it is possible now to register trademarks at customs department. This registration will serves as a circular to all custom boarders to watch incoming shipments of goods suspected of bearing false or counterfeited products or similar or identical trademarks. Customs officials will confiscate any products alleged of being counterfeited and will inform the registered trademark owner to take legal action within 10 days.

Registraion with the customs’ requirements are:

Power of attorney legalised up to the Sudanese consulate at your end.
Certified copy of trademark registration certificate in Sudan, can be obtained by us.
Samples or photocopies of the original products.

Please note that registraion with customs is valid for ONE year and can be renewed annually.

Sudan – Enforcing Precautionary Border Procedures

NJQ & Associates — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:54:13 +0000

In its continuous efforts to stop &cease any entrance of counterfeiting goods to Sudan and to enforce the protection of intellectual property rights of national &foreign companies the Customs Department sets out new regulations enhancing the customs border procedures.

The new introduced regulations come as precautionary measures to stop and hinder any possible shipment of fake products or bearing false trademarks.

In light of the above, trademarks’ owners can now ask Customs authorities to impound and seize any shipment of goods thought to be carrying fake products or identical to registered trademarks in Sudan. If this is the case, a legal suit should be immediately instituted before the court within ten days; otherwise the customs officials will release the seized shipment. Registered trademarks owners will have the right to check the confiscated products and if the court found that these products are counterfeited they will be destroyed.

Jordan – Legal Update – Destruction of WAVES Counterfeited Goods

NJQ & Associates — Sun, 16 May 2010 13:53:55 +0000

Recently the court of First Instance issued its decision convicting a Jordanian trader of entering counterfeited products and sentenced him to pay fines and ordered for destruction of all fake goods.

The case brought to the court from the Jordanian Customs department who stopped a shipment of goods bearing a trademark identical to the registered mark WAVES in class 3 for cosmetics registered in the name of MUSTAFA MANASRAH TRADING CO.

In a quick response the said company filed a legal suit before the court asking for seizure of these imitated goods and destroying them and bearing the defendant the losses and all court expenses.

The court found the defendant guilty of importing goods carrying a trademark identical to a registered trademark and entering goods with very bad quality.

To get more details please contact us at legal@qumsieh.com.

Bahrain – Update

NJQ & Associates — Mon, 12 Nov 2001 07:05:59 +0000

New Border Measures:
In an attempt to reduce the volume of counterfeit products entering the country, the Bahraini trademark database will shortly be connected with the Customer Duty Department.

All products entering through the border will be monitored against these records.

Filing Requirements:
Previously, the Bahraini Trademark Office (BTO) was insisting that all applicants submit an Extract of Commercial Register, legalized up to the Consulate, along with their trademark application.

Recently, the BTO started accepting a copy of Home or Foreign Registration Certificate (without legalization) as an alternative to the previously requested Extract.

The new regulation has come in favor of applicants as it reduced the time and effort spent in legalization procedures.