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Bahrain: GCC Trademark Law Approved
The Bahraini government's decision approving the unified GCC Trademark Law has been published in the country's Official Gazette on February 27, 2014. The Law is expected to ...
UAE: Amending Trademark Applications
Starting February 2014, the Trademark Office in the UAE will no longer accept requests to amend a pending application unless the changes are minor. In this case, ...
Saudi Arabia: New Scale for Filing and Registration Numbers
The Saudi Trademark Office has introduced a new numbering method for trademark applications. Following the e-filing system which was introduced only a few months ago, applications are ...
IP Highlights: Nice Classification
Businesses are going to surprisingly great lengths in order to protect their marks in the increasingly competitive Arab market. Certainly, brands owners should now be fully aware ...
Jordan: Amendments to the Patent Law
The Jordanian Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIT) has published on its website draft amendments to the Jordanian Patent Law No. 32 of 1999. These amendments aim ...
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 ...
