MENA: Live Updates of IP Offices in Wake of COVID-19 Pandemic
...Africa region. With this update, we want to assure you that our main priority remains to ensure the safety and well-being of our people, families, clients, and the communities in...
MENA: COVID-19 Precautionary Measures and Operational Continuity
...is the safety and well-being of our people, families, clients, and the communities in which we live and work. Accordingly, we have put measures in place that help ensure both...
Kuwait: PTO Temporarily Suspends Operations
...the safety of our people and an uninterrupted service, we will be working remotely during office hours. You may continue to send all your instructions and queries to kuwait@sabaip.com and...
West Bank: Procedural Change for Trademark Registration
...10th edition – single class application Search Possible for word and device marks Examination On formal, absolute, and relative grounds Opposition 3 months from publication date Protection Term 7 years...
Kuwait: New Guidelines for Pharmaceutical Registration
...in turn be authorized and licensed by the Ministry of Commerce and MOH to import and distribute such products in Kuwait. In order to apply for marketing authorization, a common...
Iraq: TMO Temporarily Suspends Operations
...iraq@sabaip.com—we will docket all the instructions we receive from you, prepare all the required forms, and diarize all approaching deadlines in order to ensure proper follow-up and organization. While the...
Egypt: Accession to the UPOV Bears Fruit
...predictable, and commercially acceptable Proof of the stability of the variety in the sense that the variety, when reproduced, will remain unchanged with regard to its essential and distinctive characteristics...
Saudi Arabia: On the Silk Road with CNIPA
The Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property signed a memorandum of understanding with the China National Intellectual Property Administration. The MOU aims to facilitate the processing, examination and registration of applications...
Saudi Arabia: The Ball is in Your Court, Copyright and Patent Disputes
As a much welcomed attempt at improving the enforcement scene in the country, Saudi Arabia announced that patent and copyright disputes will be settled before specialized Commercial Courts as of...
Saudi Arabia: SAIP is the New Patent Sheriff in Town
...agreements with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Korean Intellectual Property Office. Saudi Arabia shows its commitment to develop and establish a competent IP system and demonstrates...