Upload That: Kuwaiti Patent Office Launches New Online Filing Service
...patent applications in electronic form as of May 19, 2021, via its online platform. This development, which follows the recently announced examination, publication, and grant of several pending applications, is...
Accession to the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement in Oman
...appellations of origin or geographical indications. Examples of such products from the MENA region include the Al-Saidi khanjar (the Saidi dagger) of Oman and Huile d’olive de Téboursouk (olive oil...
Cyberspace Updates: New Policies Adopted by the Lebanese Domains Registry
...new policy, the registration and maintenance of an “.lb” domain name will no longer be free, as it had been since the establishment of the LBDR in 1993. The filing...
Procedural Change for Submission of POA in the UAE
...for 5 consecutive years Filing Requirements: POA, legalized and certified copy of priority document, if priority is claimed For more information on UAE, click here, or contact us at news@sabaip.com...
Extra, Extra: New IP Newspaper in Saudi Arabia
...that Saudi Arabia is nurturing the right environment for the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights. For more information on Saudi Arabia, click here, or contact us at news@sabaip.com...
A New Era for Patent Protection in Kuwait
In a long awaited move, the Kuwaiti Patent Office (KPO) has begun substantive examination of patent applications and is issuing search and examination reports. The process is still a little...
Sowing the Seeds (of Strawberries): Plant Variety Protection in Morocco
...Catalogue (Commercialization): Only the varieties appearing on the national catalogue can be imported, multiplied, and marketed in Morocco. The procedures for submitting application files, as well as the examination procedures,...
Sudan: Navigating the Sanctions Regulations
...of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) to export or reexport to Sudan certain items (commodities, software, and technology) that are on the Commerce Control List (CCL), Supp. No....
Recordals Going Paperless at the TMO in Kuwait
...Use: Vulnerable to cancellation if mark has not been used for 5 consecutive years from filing Filing Requirements: POA, legalized, copy of certificate of incorporation or extract from the commercial...
North Africa Insights: What You Need to Know About IPRs in Tunisia
...industry, and 63.8 percent for services. Tunisia maintains a relatively comprehensive regulatory and legislative system for the protection of trademarks, patents, designs, copyright, and trade secrets. In addition, Tunisia is...