NEWS
Jordan: Renewal Applications on Hold
Renewal applications will be placed on hold at the Jordanian Trademark Office for one month starting February 20, 2013. The renewal requests will stay on file, but ...
Azerbaijan: Customs Recordal Available
The recordal of trademarks by rights owners is now possible at the Customs of Azerbaijan, in accordance with the newly released border regulations. After completing the recordal, ...
Saudi Arabia: Limiting the Bolar Provision
The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) will no longer allow for generic drug companies to file for a marketing authorization (MA) before the last 24 months ...
Egypt: From Sunrise to Landrush
Following the ICANN’s decision to allow Internationalized Domain Names in non-Latin Script, the Egyptian Ministry of Communication and Information Technology has recently announced that the Landrush phase ...
Qatar: Design Protection
Authorities have not yet established the necessary Office for receiving design applications nor have the implementing regulations been drafted, even though patent applications are now being filed ...
UAE: Antitrust Law
The UAE Federal Government introduced a new Federal Antitrust Law no. 4 of 2012. The Law was published in the Official Gazette in December 2012 and will ...
UAE: From Similar to Identical
Effective immediately, the results of an official trademark search at the UAE Trademark Office will only reveal identical marks. Confusingly similar marks will not be covered in ...
Jordan: An Anti-Counterfeiting Unit Established
An "Anti-Counterfeiting Verification and Notification Unit" was established by the Jordanian Standards and Metrology Organization. The main function of this new division is to monitor and inspect ...
Bahrain: Drugs are not What They Seem
In the intention of combating counterfeit drugs, the Bahraini International Health Regulations Committee is supervising and monitoring the import of all medicines and medical supplies, through inspectors ...
