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Lebanon: Say That in Arabic: Updated Requirements for the Registration of Marks
The Trademark Office (TMO) in Lebanon announced that an application to register a mark that includes non-Arabic, -English, or -French wording must include a sworn Arabic ...
UAE : Destination Innovation: Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority Enters the Metaverse
In a screen-shattering update, the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) in Dubai, UAE, established the world’s first regulator headquarters in the Metaverse. The expansion of VARA’s ...
What You Need to Know About Protecting Your Marks in a Growing Region
Protecting and safeguarding marks in the Middle East and North Africa requires certain considerations related to the nature of the Arabic language and local laws that ...
MENA: Spill the NFT: Digital Assets and Intellectual Property Rights
Seemingly, out of nowhere, interest in digital assets like non-fungible tokens (NFTs) has surged in recent years and sales have exceeded a whopping USD 2.5 billion ...
Africa Focus: Mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar: An Oasis Worth Considering
With interminable shores along the Indian Ocean and a total area of 947,303 square kilometers, Tanzania is the largest country in East Africa occupying an unrivaled ...
Busting Screens: Online Anti-Counterfeiting Measures in UAE
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has garnered an illustrious reputation of having one of the most robust anti-counterfeiting regimes in the Middle East and North Africa ...
UAE: A New Era for Copyrights
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) launched the Emirates Reprographic Rights Management Association (ERRA). The founding of the ERRA, a first-of-its-kind association in the region, comes in ...
Sounds like Arabic: Updated Requirements for the Registration of Trade Names
Kuwait issued Ministerial Decree No. 4 of 2022, which stipulates the registration of trade names in Arabic. The Decree, which was published in the Official Gazette ...
Kuwait: Going Paperless at the Patent Office
As more and more patent offices in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) evolve with updated laws, regulations or systems, the services they provide improve and become ...
