The Hague – NJQ & Associates https://njq-ip.com Treat Your IP Sun, 30 Mar 2025 09:00:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.5 MOROCCO: JOINS THE HAGUE SYSTEM FOR THE INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS https://njq-ip.com/newsletters/2022/06/morocco-joins-the-hague-system-for-the-international-registration-of-industrial-designs/ Mon, 27 Jun 2022 12:37:16 +0000 https://njq-ip.com/?post_type=newsletter&p=11001 RABAT – On 22 April 2022, the Government of Morocco deposited with the Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) its instrument of accession to the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs (“1999 Act or Geneva Act”).

The 1999 Act will come into force on 22 July 2022.

Thus, from the 2022 date, Moroccan applicants can protect their industrial designs in all other 93 member states of the Hague System. And applicants from other countries can designate Morocco through the Geneva Act.

It is worth mentioning that the Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs provides a practical business solution for registering up to 100 designs in 77 contracting parties covering 94 countries, through the filing of a single international application.

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

]]> SAUDI ARABIA: ACCESSION TO THE HAGUE APOSTILLE CONVENTION https://njq-ip.com/newsletters/2022/02/saudi-arabia-accession-to-the-hague-apostille-convention/ Mon, 28 Feb 2022 06:32:56 +0000 https://njq-ip.com/?post_type=newsletter&p=10968 RIYADH – Saudi Arabia approved the accession to The Hague Apostille Convention, abolishing the requirement of legalisation (by the Consulate of Saudi Arabia) for foreign public documents issued by public authorities, courts, or notaries.

Under this convention, an apostille stamp is given by certain authorities in the country of origin of the document. This stamp is sufficient for certification and use in other member states of this convention.

The decision was enacted by Royal Decree number M/40 dated 26/05/1443 Hijri (equivalent to 30 December 2021) and was published in the Official Gazette number 4916 dated 4/6/1443 Hijri (equivalent to 7 January 2022).

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

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