Oman
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
11th edition – single class application
Possible for word and device marks
On formal, absolute, and relative grounds
60 days from publication date
10 years from filing date and renewable for like periods
Vulnerable to cancellation if mark has not been used for 5 consecutive years from registration date
EXTENSION OF TIME
Not possible for filing oppositions, counter oppositions. Possible for responding to office actions
REQUIREMENTS
TREATIES AND CONVENTIONS
World Intellectual Property Organization, World Trade Organization, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Berne Convention, Brussels Convention, Nairobi Treaty, Paris Convention, Patent Law Treaty, Trademark Law Treaty, WIPO Copyright Treaty, WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty, Budapest Treaty, Hague Agreement, Madrid Protocol, Patent Cooperation Treaty, GCC Patent Law, Apostille Convention, The International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants
REGISTRATION
Filing Requirements
- Copy of certificate of incorporation or extract from the commercial register
- Copy of priority document, if priority is claimed, certified
What you need to know
- All documents may be submitted within 60 days from filing date
RENEWAL
Filing Requirements
- No additional documents are required
What you need to know
- Grace period of 6 months
CHANGE OF NAME OR ADDRESS
Filing Requirements
- Certificate of change of name/address, with Apostille certification
What you need to know
- May be recorded for applications and registrations
ASSIGNMENT
Filing Requirements
- Deed of assignment, with Apostille certification
- Copy of certificate of incorporation
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, with Apostille certification
- Copy of certificate of incorporation
What you need to know
- May be recorded for registrations only
LICENSE
Filing Requirements
- License agreement, with Apostille certification
- Copy of certificate of incorporation
What you need to know
- License recordal is not compulsory but advisable in order to become effective against third parties
- May be recorded for registrations only
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Published and granted patents may be searched by title, patentee name, inventors, and priority/PCT number/date
As to form, novelty, inventiveness, industrial applicability, unity, and compliance
Patents are published in the Official Gazette after substantive examination and after grant
120 days from first publication. The patent is re-published after grant but no opposition period is provisioned then
Due annually on the anniversary of the international filing date and payable prior to grant. 6 months grace period for late payment with a surcharge
20 years from the international filing date
REQUIREMENTS
REGISTRATION
Filing Requirements
- Copy of international publication (with ISR if published)
- 2 copies of the specifications in both English and Arabic
- 2 sets of drawings in both English and Arabic
- Assignment from inventors, with Apostille certification
- Extract from the commercial register or certificate of good standing
CHANGE OF NAME OR ADDRESS
Filing Requirements
- Certificate of change of name/address, with Apostille certification
ASSIGNMENT
Filing Requirements
- Extract from the commercial register of assignee
- Deed of assignment, legalized
MERGER
Filing Requirements
- Certificate of merger, with Apostille certification
LICENSE
Filing Requirements
- License agreement, with Apostille certification
- Extract from licensee commercial register, with Apostille certification
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
5 years from filing date
As to novelty
Possible
No
No provisions
REGISTRATION
Filing Requirements
- POA, with Apostille certification
- Certificate of incorporation
- Deed of assignment from the inventor(s)
- Full description of the design, name of the designer and 4 prints of the design
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Beit Al Falaj Street Muscat, Oman
P.O. Box 2027 Ruwi, Postal Code 112, Sultanate of Oman
+968 248 111 26
+968 248 111 28
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Office Hours
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