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YEMEN (SANA’A): THE TRADEMARK OFFICE LAUNCHES ONLINE SERVICES

NJQ & Associates — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 09:25:46 +0000

SANA’A – The General Department for Intellectual Property Protection of the Ministry of Industry & Trade has shifted some trademark procedures to an online electronic form.

These services are the publication of the Official Gazette, oppositions, recordals of assignment, and recordals of change of name and address.

This shift took place in early October 2024.

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

KUWAIT: ONLINE PATENT AND INDUSTRIAL DESIGN FILINGS

NJQ & Associates — Mon, 28 Feb 2022 06:31:40 +0000

KUWAIT CITY – On 14 February 2022, the Trademark and Patent Department of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry in Kuwait launched a new online portal for the filing of patent and industrial design applications.

Applicants or their agents can file new patent and industrial design applications and annuity recordals through the new portal.

The new portal will publish accepted applications and include details on granted applications as well.

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

EGYPT: PATENT APPLICATIONS GO ONLINE

NJQ & Associates — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 08:19:40 +0000

CAIRO – The Egyptian Patent Office (EGPO), in cooperation with the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, launched an online patent filing system on 1 January 2022 and announced that it would discontinue accepting paper-based applications.

As for pending patent applications and issued patents, EGPO has granted IP agents a time allowance until 28 February 2022 to add such applications into the new electronic system.

Accordingly, any patents with the 20th annuity due this year must be inserted into the new online portal.

Other application procedures and fees remain unchanged.

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

BAHRAIN: NEW TRADEMARK SEARCH PORTAL LAUNCHES

NJQ & Associates — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 13:45:04 +0000

MANAMA – The Department of Foreign Trade and Industrial Property of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism announced the launch of a search service for trademarks and industrial designs registered in the Kingdom of Bahrain through the WIPO public system.

The search portal launched on 28 October 2021.

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

SAUDI ARABIA: NEW LEGAL ONLINE PORTAL

NJQ & Associates — Thu, 28 Oct 2021 08:47:36 +0000

RIYADH – Pursuant to the recent update where the matters of trademark enforcement were delegated to the Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property (SAIP), the Ministry of Justice launched a new online data portal relating to judicial and legal matters.

The new portal serves as a dynamic search tool that allows its users to access final rulings issued by the Courts of the First Instance, the Courts of Appeal, and the Supreme Court.

For more information, please contact saudi-arabia@qumsieh.com.

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: TRADEMARK PRACTICE UPDATE

NJQ & Associates — Mon, 26 Apr 2021 05:56:12 +0000

ABU DHABI – The Trademarks and Intellectual Works Department of the Ministry of Economy (the Department) has, through a circular dated 24 March 2021, introduced some changes to the trademark practice as well as a new set of online services through its web portal.

Practice Changes:
The late filing of a power of attorney (PoA) is now possible. Agents can file a trademark application without initially submitting the PoA at the time of filing. The PoA, however, must be provided within thirty (30) days from the date of filing the application without additional official fees, otherwise, the application will be deemed as lapsed. The same rule applies to trademark renewals and assignments.

Additionally, in the case of filing a trademark application with a priority claim, it is possible to provide the priority document within three (3) months from the filing date without an extra official fee.

New Online Services:
Applicants and agents can conduct the following transactions via the Ministry’s website:

Cancellation of a trademark mortgage;
Cancellation of a trademark license agreement;
The partial or full cancellation of a trademark by the applicant, as per Article 20 of the Trademark Law;
Submission pf a PoA after filing a trademark application;
Submission of a priority document after filing a trademark application, and
Filing a trademark infringement complaint.

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