NEWS
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 ...
Yemen: Accession to the World Trade Organization July 01, 2014
Yemen became the 160th member of the World Trade Organization on June 26, 2014. The country now observes the TRIPS Agreement. Other WTO members in the region ...
Qatar: Legalization Dropped, Certification Suffices
The Qatari Trademark Office announced that a certified copy of the priority document will suffice to support a convention priority claim. This update comes after the cancellation ...
Saudi Arabia: GCC Trademark Law Published
The decision for approving the revised GCC trademark law in Saudi Arabia was recently published in the country. By way of background, GCC trademark law was ratified ...
Ethiopia: Deadline Extended to Dec. 23, 2014
The Ethiopian Trademark Office announced that the submission deadline will be extended to December 23, 2014 for the applications of re-registration of trademarks filed in the country ...
Yemen: License to Zap
The government of Yemen set a national five-year plan for development to introduce Integrated Pest Management; with one of the requirements relating to the registration of trademarks ...
