MENA: Roots for the Protection of Plant Varieties
...and stable. The rights conferred do not apply to acts done for: private and for non-commercial purposes; for experimental or research purposes; or for the purpose of breeding other varieties....
Kuwait: Patent Protection via GCC Patent Office Only
...expect more news to come out of the country with regards to its patent system. Should you have any questions, or require any additional information, please contact us at news@sabaip.com...
Qatar: Patent Grievances Committee
...from the Ministery of Economy and Commerce, Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, and Qatar Chamber of Commerce. The Committeeβs main functions will include handlingΒ enforcement and litigations concerning...
MENA: A Move towards E-Filing
...place. With a virtually instantaneous issuance of filing receipts and filing numbers, there is also a dramatic increase in the speed within which applications are examined. In Saudi Arabia, for...
Ethiopia: Substantial Procedural Changes Soon
...request for new registration certificates with a protection period of seven years instead of six. Should you have any questions, or require any additional information, please contact us at news@sabaip.com...
Oman: Steady Development of the Protection of Patents
...and new patent applications filed in Oman. Since then, we have seen several applications going through examination and examination reports being issued. In December of 2015, the Research Council of...
Morocco: European Patent Validation
Pursuant to Law no. 23-13 amending and completing Law no. 17-97 on the Protection of Industrial Property, European patent applications filed on or after March 1, 2015 may designate MA...
MENA: Regional Patent Offices
...16,000 applications have been examined and completed and approximately 14,000 are pending, i.e. under formal examination, under substantive examination or other. As of the end of 2015, 3,992 patents have...
Announcement from Saba IP: INTA 2016
...We look forward to seeing you at the conference this year. Kindly email us at inta@sabaip.com to arrange for a suitable time to meet. Sincerely, INTA TEAM β Saba IP...
Kuwait: PCT Accession Soon
...it is important to determine if following the implementation of the Law, the Patent Office will introduce and publish new regulations which would provide for local substantive examination and search...