NEWS
Sudan: Accession to the Madrid Protocol
The Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization welcomed the deposit of the instrument of accession of Sudan to the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement ...
Jordan: Substantial Increase in Official Fees
According to a surprisingly sudden decision issued by the Jordanian Government, the official fees for all trademark-related matters have been substantially increased in comparison with their current ...
Jordan: Trademark Office Adopts Nice’s 9th Edition
The Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization welcomed the deposit of the instrument of accession of Jordan on August 14, 2008 to the Nice Agreement ...
Saudi Arabia: Multiple Design Applications Discontinued
Starting November 29, 2008, multiple design applications will no longer be admissible at the Saudi Patent Office. This comes following a recent memorandum issued by the General ...
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. ...
