Saudi Arabia: Online Filing of Trademark Renewals and Recordals
...trademark recordals before the middle of October to also benefit from the lower publication fees. Should you have any questions, or require any additional information, please contact us at news@sabaip.com...
GCC: First to File Countries
...consideration and handling. There is no pan-Arab registration, similar to the Community trademark, which relatively complicates the registration procedures. Although a GCC trademark law was introduced back in 1987—which is...
MENA: Recordal of Trademark Licenses
...compulsory in Iraq, Libya, Oman, Qatar, and Syria, whereas the common practice and the implementing regulations of the trademark laws of our region do not require the recordal of trademark...
Algeria: Accession to Madrid Protocol
...Rome Convention, Lisbon Agreement, Madrid Agreement (Marks), Patent Cooperation Treaty, Locarno Agreement (signature), and Nice Agreement Should you have any questions, or require any additional information, please contact us at info@sabaip.com...
Jordan: Standards and Metrology Organization Law Amended
...law which gave the importer the right to choose between destroying or re-exporting the fake products. Should you have any questions, or require any additional information, please contact us at info@sabaip.com...
Enforcement: What Can Be Done in Iran?
...comes the apparent increase both in the volume and types of counterfeit and infringing products trafficked into and from or through the country. Brand owners have the option to enforce...
Saudi Arabia: Customs Seize 34 Million Counterfeit Items
...of 52 million items that did not meet the Saudi standards during the same period. Should you have any questions, or require any additional information, please contact us at info@sabaip.com...
Iran: Cybersquatter Squashed
...against Omid, IkeaIran for registering the domain name <ikea-iran.com>. The Panel found that the domain name was confusingly similar to the trademark IKEA and that the defendant had no rights...
Qatar: Extension of Deadline
The Patent Office in Qatar announced that the deadline for the submission of the required documents and payment of official fees, annuities, and substantive examination fees will be extended to...
Iran: Implications of the Imminent Lifting of Sanctions on IP
Now that Iran, the P5+1 (China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, United States—plus Germany), and the European Union have agreed to a landmark comprehensive nuclear agreement, a significant impact on both...