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MENA: A Closer Look at Design Protection
Local Design Laws: Design laws, among other norms of positive legal systems such as trademark and patent laws, were introduced in the past in almost all of ...
São Tomé and PrÃncipe: Taking a Seat at ARIPO
São Tomé and Príncipe became the 19th member of the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization on May 19, 2014. Other member states are: Botswana, Liberia, Malawi, Namibia, ...
OAPI: Protecting New Plant Varieties
The African Intellectual Property Organization became the seventy-second member of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants. The Convention entered into force on ...
Yemen: Similarity of Marks
The Court of First Instance in Yemen ruled in favor of Arla Foods, owner of the trademark DANO in class 29 against Salem Abdul Rahman Bajersh Corporation ...
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 ...
