Summary of the Patent Registration System in Oman

Oman's authorities have launched a coordinated crackdown on counterfeit, prohibited, and unsafe products across multiple sectors, seizing everything from fake personal-care items to illicit tobacco materials and non-compliant insecticides. Between June and July 2026, enforcement actions removed thousands of dangerous products from circulation, revealing sophisticated counterfeit operations including a 13-ton shisha tobacco production facility.

Oman has achieved international geographical indication protection for its frankincense through WIPO, marking a significant milestone in safeguarding one of the nation's most culturally and economically valuable natural products. The registration under the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement provides enhanced legal protection against misuse while reinforcing the authentic connection between Dhofar's Boswellia sacra trees and this historically significant aromatic resin.

The two-day workshop started on June 5, 2023 included discussions on the betterment programs and the efforts that have and will be incurred in the pursuit of achieving a better future.

Indigenous and local communities have utilised traditional and indigenous knowledge (TK) for generations in accordance with regional laws, practices, and traditions. It has been passed down from generation to generation and evolved.

The GCC has always been proactive about protecting its consumers at large, as well as protecting the rights of trademark owners and the Sultanate of Oman is not lagging behind in the said pursuit.

The Intellectual Property Directorate at the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion announced, via circular letter number 1447/2021, that it has started receiving trademark applications via the new online portal "Invest Easy" ...

Accordingly, concerned Authorities have been instructed to submit the document of Oman's joining the said Act.

Amid COVID-19's pandemic outbreak, Applicants' usual business from different parts of the world has stalled globally.

As per the circular issued by Sultanate of Oman Ministry of Commerce & Industry, the Directorate General of Commerce requires that trademark owners accomplish the procedures regarding renewals of trademarks filed ...

On 25th July 2017, the Royal Decree No. 33 of 2017 promulgating the Law of Trademarks for the GCC States ("GCC Trademarks Law") was issued in Oman, and it came directly into effect after its publication.