In addition, on 12 October 2020, the Directorate announced the possibility of submitting trademark renewal applications, requests for recordals, search requests, and International Registrations (IR) related transactions through the same portal, unifying all processes, making the following new trademark services available electronically via their online filing system:

• Trademark renewals;
• Recordal of change of name/address of an owner;
• Recordal of assignments;
• Changing the legal representative’s name/address;
• Appointing a new agent;
• Recordal of license agreements;
• Request to cancel a license agreement;
• Recordal of mortgages;
• Request to cancel a mortgage;
• Cancelling of a registered trademark by the owner;
• Request to amend the list of goods and services partially;
• Request to withdraw a trademark before registration;
• Other amendment requests;
• Preliminary examination requests of a trademark;
• Requests for certified copies of documents (registration certificates, applications as filed, renewal certificates);
• Inquiries by applicant name or trademark number;
• Payment of an IR official fee;
• Transitioning of an IR application to a national application (for trademarks and collective trademarks), and
• Request of a transformation of a national trademark application to an IR application.

The online system serves to enhance the filing experience for users, applicants, and agents and is meant to reduce the timeframe required to complete the procedures at the Directorate.

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

The exact amounts are not published in the official gazette yet, but the increase is expected to be approximately 40% on all items, except for the recording of assignments and name changes will be 100% and for annuities 20%.

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

This will affect new applications only. Pending matters will remain under the old prices before the increase.

If you want our updated schedule of charges, please contact info@qumsieh.com.

Moreover, renewal official fees has also been increased making the renewal fees for one trademark in one class MAD1440 and MAD180 for each additional class instead of MAD1200 (up to 3 classes) and MAD120 respectively.

Said decision became effective on 1 March 2016; however, our professional fees remains unchanged.

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

• Increase on patent official fees if the applicant is a company (other than natural person) of about twice the old fees;
• Increase on patent official fees if the applicant is a natural person of about 60% more than the old fees, and
• A third category of applicants has been introduced in the form of “small entity” and the fees charged to them have been fixed between the fees for a natural person and companies (other than natural person).

Our revised schedule of charges reflects the new official fees while our professionals remain unchanged.

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