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...
Enforcement: What Can Be Done in Iran?
...time if a settlement is reached and the adverse party signs an undertaking before the public prosecutor. Raids: Upon filing a criminal complaint, the public prosecutor would then study the case and...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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: 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...
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...