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Bahrain: Accession to the Apostille Convention
The Bahraini Authorities have recently announced the accession of Bahrain to the Apostille Convention (Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement for Legalization for Foreign Public Documents). The Convention ...
News from INTA
Conference in Dubai Sponsor of the INTA conference in Dubai, Saba & Co IP, represented by Ramzi Tarazi (General Manager), Hisham Zahr (Director of Operations), Shafic Eid ...
Iran: Amendment to IP Executive By-laws Addressing Examination of Patent Applications
On November 6, 2013 the Iranian Intellectual Property Office (IIPO) published an amendment to the article relating to patent examination of its Executive by-laws of the Law ...
Qatar: Accession to the Budapest Treaty
On December 6, 2013, Qatar deposited its instrument of accession to the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of ...
IP HIGHLIGHTS: What Confectioners Need to Know about Trademark Protection in the MENA Region?
Confectionery businesses are now going to surprisingly great lengths in order to protect themselves in an increasingly competitive market, where the stakes have never been higher. Owners ...
Country Flash: IP Protection in Djibouti
With a small area of 23,200 km2, and a population of over 775,000 inhabitants, Djibouti lies in North Africa. It borders Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia. It is ...
IP Highlight: Protecting Arabic Transliteration of Trademarks
Over the past few years trademark protection in the Middle East has become more attractive to brand owners worldwide. As demand for more comprehensive trademark protection goes ...
Syria: Renewal of Multi-Class Trademark Registrations
Pursuant to Ministerial Decision No. 2057 dated December 9, 2013, amending the bylaws of Trademark Law no. 8 of 2007, a separate renewal application should now be ...
Jordan: Annulment of Article 11, Paragraph C of the Trade Name Law
The Jordanian Constitutional Court has recently announced the unconstitutionality of Article 11, Paragraph C of Trade Name Law No. 9 of the year 2006 as it does ...
