Qatar: New Law on IPR Border Measures
...items are not subject to the provisions of this Law: 1. Small quantities of goods of a non-commercial nature and gifts contained in travelers’ personal luggage or sent in small consignments....
South Sudan: How are IP Rights enforced?
...in the country and no decisions have been issued in this regard. The new government is expected to be committed to protect all intellectual property rights mainly through the South...
ICANN: Plan to Increase Internet Domain Name Endings
...Among its benefits, the program increases the ability to create custom e-mail addresses (e.g., employee@hisdepartment.company), facilitates the search engine results and easily creates second-level domains (e.g., www.support.company). Applications for new...
Libya: New Official Name
...be the change of the country’s official name from “Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya” to the more commonly known name (now official) “Libya”. However, the country’s international code remains...
UAE: General Availability Phase
...on a first-come, first-served basis. The registration is made through registrars accredited by the Domain Administration. Should you have any questions, or require any additional information, please contact us at info@sabaip.com...
Oman: Arabic Domain Names Soon
...notification has been issued in this regard. We will keep you updated with any further developments. Should you have any questions regarding the subject matter, please contact us at info@sabaip.com...
Libya: Patent Office Resumes Work and Swiss-Libyan Relations Back to Normal
...food-stuffs or drugs or pharmaceutical compositions is limited to 10 years. The Trademark Office is also expected to resume its activities very soon. Meanwhile, we will be docketing all the...
Pakistan: Launching of Digital Journal of Trademarks
On October 20, 2011, the Trademark Office launched an on-line Journal of Trademarks. This means that all trademark applications accepted by the Registrar are now published or accessible to the...
Turkey: Revised Practice Regarding the Registrability of Trademarks for Retail Services
...these principles when it comes to examining the confusing similarity between the marks. Conflicts between trademarks claiming retail services for different goods will continue to be judged according to the...
Iraq: Missing Files at the Trademark Office
...order. By way of background, the Iraqi Trademark Office has already completed the revision of two file batches: (files no. 1 to 16090) and (files no. 16091 to 22999). In...