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Dec
2004
As of the beginning of December 2004, registration of service marks became possible in classes (35-45).
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Nov
2004
As of 2 October 2004, publication fees have been increased by $40 and it’s become possible to publish the mark in colors after payment of $150.
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May
2004
The Iraqi Authorities had issued new regulations to amend the Patent Law, the main aspect of this amendment are as follows:
08
Apr
2004
Since the Libyan Law which was issued in 1964, dose not include service classes while the international classification of goods is follows and in order to cover the services.
08
Apr
2004
The Trademarks Ordinance 2001 came into force as of 12 April 2004 in order to comply with the TRIPS agreement.
The main aspects of the new ordinance are:
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Mar
2004
The UAE Trade Mark Office (TMO) is in a process of launching a new software to handle all trademark renewals. It is expected that the said soft will be operational ...
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Jan
2004
The Kuwaiti Trademark office (KTMO) had issued a decision for not allowing the registration of a well known trademark “RITZ“ in the name of a third party.
A Kuwaiti local holding ...
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Oct
2003
The Moroccan Parliament recently approved a new law uniting the Casablanca Trademark Law dated 23/6/1916 and the Tangier Trademark Law dated 4/10/1938 into one law that grants protection in both ...
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Aug
2003
The Minister of Commerce issued a decision on 7 June 2003 to cancel all trademark applications filed between 1981 to 2002. Owners of trademarks filed prior to the opening of ...
08
Jun
2003
Due to the merging of the two Yemeni Trademark Offices (Eden & Sanaa), and since there are major difficulties in locating the trademark files, the Yemen Trademark Office is now ...