NEWS
Jordan: Administrative Courts to Replace the Higher Court of Justice
A Royal Decree has been issued ratifying the Administrative Courts Law No. 27 of 2014. The Law, which was published in the Official Gazette on August 17, ...
South Sudan: Time to Register Your Marks
Following the separation of South Sudan from Sudan in 2011, authorities are now expected to issue a new trademark law that would be in compliance with the ...
Saudi Arabia: Establishment of Commercial Arbitration Center
Arbitration has become more efficient in resolving conflicts in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia after the establishment of the first Commercial Arbitration Center. Walkthrough of the Saudi ...
Tunisia: European Patent Validation Agreement
Following in the footsteps of its neighbor Morocco, the Tunisian patent office, or the National Standardization and Industrial Property Institute (INNORPI), signed, on July 3 2014, an ...
Yemen: Increase in Publication Fees
The Yemeni government has significantly increased the official publication fees of trademark, patent and industrial design applications by virtue of Ministerial decision no. 105/2014 (issued on July ...
Bahrain: New Requirements for Patent Applications
The Bahraini Patent Office introduced new requirements for supporting patent filings, for both national and PCT entries. These new requirements went into effect on May 1, 2014, but ...
Customs Recordal: 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 ...
IP FLASH: A Summary on Patents in the Region
1. Saudi Arabia (SA) acceded to the PCT on May 3, 2013 and applications with international filing date of August 3, 2013 and later automatically designate SA ...
ICANN: Sunrise Periods and Trademark Claims
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has proceeded with its project of increasing internet domain names endings. By way of background, this project was ...
