NEWS
Syria: New Tobacco Regulations
The Syrian government issued on October 21, 2009 resolution no. 62 of 2009 setting out revised tobacco regulations. The revisions include the following:1. The sale of tobacco ...
2009 in Playback
Over the year 2009, many noteworthy developments have affected the Intellectual Property protection and enforcement framework in the countries of our region, including the promulgation of new ...
ICANN Approves Non-Latin Domain Names
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has recently approved a new plan to allow for non-Latin characters in web extensions (country-code Internationalized Domain Name ...
Oman: Call for Settlement of Annuity Fees
The Patent Office of Oman has recently called for settlement of all cumulative annuity fees which fell due on the first and each subsequent anniversary of (1) ...
Kuwait: Trademark Office Adopts Nice’s 8th Edition
Pursuant to Ministerial Resolution no. 412/2008, the Kuwaiti Trademark Office (KTO) will start accepting trademark applications claiming classes under the 8th Edition of the Nice International Classification. ...
Oman: Joining the UPOV
The Secretary-General of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) welcomed the deposit of the instrument of accession of Oman on October ...
Syria: Boycott Declaration Waived
Starting September 2009, the requirement for the Boycott Declaration will be waived for all filings of national trademark, patent, and industrial design applications in Syria. With this ...
Iran: New IP Law v. Old IP Law
Further to the section published in the July 2008 issue of the Saba Bulletin regarding the new trademark, patent and industrial design law of Iran, we outline ...
Syria: Additional Protection for Famous Trademarks
A Special Committee has been established recently in Syria, pursuant to Presidential Resolution no. 47/2009 and Ministerial Resolution no. 2167/2009, with the sole purpose of looking into ...
