Previously, Iraq followed a national classification system, where each class was further divided into sub-classes. This system included Classes 1 to 42, while Classes 43, 44, and 45 were omitted. Given Iraq’s multi-class filing system, official fees were historically calculated based on the number of classes within an application.

IMPACT ON PREVIOUSLY REGISTERED OR RENEWED TRADEMARKS
Trademark renewals for registrations filed under the old classification must be accompanied by a request to convert the classes and list of goods/services to align with the new classification system, and then the renewal can take place.

IMPACT ON PENDING APPLICATIONS UNDER THE OLD SYSTEM
It is mandatory to file a request to convert the classes and list of goods/services to align with the new classification system, and then the TMO will continue the registration process.

RECORDALS OF ASSIGNMENT, CHANGE, LICENSE, AND MERGER ON PREVIOUSLY REGISTERED TRADEMARKS
It is mandatory to file a request to convert the classes and list of goods/services to align with the new classification system, and then the TMO will process the recordal application.

NEW TRADEMARK APPLICATIONS
The Department has approved a predefined list of goods/services and services under the 11th Edition of the Nice Classification. Official fees will now be calculated based on the number of items listed in the application rather than by class.

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

Applicants may now request a one-month extension for specific deadlines, subject to a fee of $14. This applies to the following transactions:

• Late submission of required documents;
• Replying to an Examiner’s office action refusal decision;
• Submitting an opposition against a published trademark application;
• Filing a response to an opposition;
• Filing a response to a cancellation action;
• Submitting evidence in an opposition case, and
• Submitting evidence in a cancellation action case.

The same fee and rules also apply to requests for suspending trademark application procedures due to opposition initiated by third parties.

Applicants may submit additional extension requests as long as they are filed before the extended deadline.

For further information, please contact palestine@qumsieh.com.

The new official fees were announced on 28 April 2024, with immediate effect.

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

Previously, after obtaining the initial acceptance from the TMO, applicants could file the trademark application after the payment of the official filing fees. The TMO would then review the formalities of the application (i.e. submission of the PoA) and send a request to pay the official publication fees. Per the new practice, however, the official publication fees must be paid with the official filing fees.

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

The decree was published in the Official Gazette number 195 dated 6 December 2023 and will become effective on 1 January 2024.

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

The new official fees were published in the Official Gazette on 9 July 2023 and became effective on 11 July 2023.

The Department increased some services fees while decreasing others’ fees. Our updated schedule of charges will reflect those changes only.

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

The reduction applies to the official publication fees for trademark filings, official renewal fees, trademark assignment, and trademark license, effective as of 28 May 2023.

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

Said increase became effective on 5 December 2021.

Our schedule of charges will reflect the new government fees. Our professional fees will remain the same.

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

The Department also announced an additional 20% increase on the official fees on all trademark matters handled by the electronic system, with a minimum charge of OMR20 (equivalent to US$52) per application.

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

The increase includes the publication for opposition purposes, the publication after registration, the publication of renewals, and the publication of recordals, and will affect new applications as well as applications pending publication, effective from 22 October 2020.

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