Kuwait

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

CLASSIFICATION

10th edition – single class application. Class 33, alcoholic goods in class 32, and pork meat in class 29 cannot be registered

SEARCH

Possible for word and device marks

EXAMINATION

On formal, absolute, and relative grounds

OPPOSITION

60 days from publication date

PROTECTION TERM

10 years from filing date and renewable for like periods

USE

Vulnerable to cancellation if mark has not been used for 5 consecutive years from filing date

EXTENSION OF TIME

Not possible for filing oppositions, counter oppositions, and responding to office actions

TREATIES AND CONVENTIONS

World Intellectual Property Organization, World Trade Organization, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), GCC Patent Law, Berne Convention, and Paris Convention


REGISTRATION

Filing Requirements

  • Certificate of incorporation or extract from the commercial register
  • Simple copy of priority document, if priority is claimed

What you need to know

  • POA and priority document must be submitted at the time of filing

RENEWAL

Filing Requirements

  • Copy of certificate of registration showing the validity and last owner particulars of the trademark

What you need to know

  • Grace period of 6 months

CHANGE OF NAME OR ADDRESS

Filing Requirements

  • Certificate of change of name/address, legalized
  • Copy of certificate of registration showing the validity and last owner particulars of the trademark

What you need to know

  • May be recorded for registrations only

ASSIGNMENT

Filing Requirements

What you need to know

  • Trademarks may be assigned with or without the goodwill of the business concerned
  • May be recorded for registrations only

Merger

Filing Requirements

  • Certificate of merger, legalized
  • Copy of certificate of registration showing the validity and last owner particulars of the trademark

What you need to know

  • May be recorded for registrations only

LICENSE

Filing Requirements

  • Certified copy of the license agreement, legalized
  • Copy of certificate of registration showing the validity and last owner particulars of the trademark

What you need to know

  • May be recorded for registrations only
  • Separate POAs are required from licensee and licensor

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

EQUIVALENT SEARCH

No provisions

EXAMINATION

On formal and substantive grounds

PUBLICATION

Published after substantive examination and before grant

OPPOSITION

3 months from publication date

ANNUITIES

The 2nd to 20th annuities can be paid depending on the nature of the filing process (PCT or Paris Convention) with the first quarter (January 1 to March 31) annually

PROTECTION TERM

20 years from international filing date


REGISTRATION

Filing Requirements

  • Copy of international publication
  • Specifications in English and Arabic
  • Drawings in English and Arabic

What you need to know

  • All documents may be submitted within 3 months from the filing date
  • Documents must be translated into Arabic upon submission

CHANGE OF NAME OR ADDRESS

Filing Requirements

  • Certificate of change of name/address, legalized

ASSIGNMENT

Filing Requirements

MERGER

Filing Requirements

  • Certificate of merger, legalized

LICENSE

Filing Requirements

  • License agreement, legalized

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

PROTECTION TERM

10 years from filing date

EXAMINATION

As to form, novelty, and industrial applicability

APPLICATION WITH MULTIPLE FIGURES

Admissible for up to 50 figures

RENEWAL

Allowed for one term of 5 years

LOCARNO CLASSIFICATION

No

OPPOSITION

No provisions

REQUIREMENTS

Filing Requirements


REGISTRATION

Filing Requirements

  • POA, legalized 
  • 2 representations of the design
  • Description of the design
  • Certificate of incorporation, legalized
  • Copy of priority document, if priority is claimed, legalized

What you need to know

  • All documents may be submitted within 3 months from the filing date

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Kuwait City, Kuwait

P.O. Box 1245, 13013 Safat

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