NEWS
Algeria: Increase in Official Fees
The Algerian government has recently revised the official fees schedule in connection with the registration of trademarks and designs. By virtue of Article no. 111, recently published ...
Digest of Major IP Developments in the Middle East & Africa in 2006
- Bahrain issues new intellectual property laws on the protection of trademarks, trade secrets, patents and utility models, geographical indications, copyrights and related rights.- The Bahraini Patent Office announces ...
Jordan: Regional Anti-Counterfeiting Forum
The Association for the Protection of Industrial Property in the Middle East and North Africa APPIMAF, in cooperation with the Jordan Intellectual Property Association JIPA and the ...
United Arab Emirates: Dubai Border Measures – Alive and Kicking
Border measures are always a key tool in the fight against counterfeiting and piracy and a critical element of a successful intellectual property enforcement system. So in ...
Jordan: Record Your Marks at Customs
The Jordanian Customs (JC) has recently announced that it will only notify the parties that have recorded their validly registered trademarks with the JC of the incidents ...
Morocco: Joining the UPOV
The Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization welcomed the deposit of the instrument of accession of Morocco to the International Convention for the Protection of ...
Oman: Free Trade Agreement Approved
The United States Senate gave final congressional approval on September 19, 2006 to a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Oman, sending the bill to President George W. ...
UAE: Weekend Shift
The UAE government announced that, starting September 01, 2006, the country’s official weekend will shift from Thursday - Friday to Friday - Saturday. In this context, it ...
Qatar: A Patent Law is Born
Upheaval in patent legislation has been heavy over the past year in various Arab countries like Algeria, Morocco, Oman, and Bahrain. Qatar has now joined this trend! ...
