New Legalization Procedure

From December 2026, UAE businesses that play music commercially—whether in cafés, retail stores, hotels, or entertainment venues—will face new licensing requirements and annual fees ranging from AED 1,500 to AED 50,000.

In today's globalized economy, intellectual property (IP) plays a crucial role in protecting the innovation, creativity, and brand identity of businesses.

The United Arab Emirates has lifted its longstanding restrictions on trade mark applications for alcoholic beverages, marking a significant shift in intellectual property policy. This development opens new opportunities for brand owners in the beverages and hospitality sectors to secure direct protection for their alcohol brands and products. The change aligns the UAE more closely with international classification standards and follows similar reforms recently implemented by Qatar.

Parallel imports, commonly referred to as grey market goods, raise recurring legal and commercial questions in the UAE. While the products are genuine...

United Trademark & Patent Services examines how effective brand protection in the UAE increasingly depends on coordination between enforcement authorities rather than just legal frameworks. The article explores the practical challenges of anti-counterfeiting enforcement across federal and emirate-level institutions, border controls, and the growing complexity of digital commerce and sophisticated counterfeit operations.

Learn how to register a trademark in the UAE, including the search, documents, Nice classes, examination, opposition window, timing and fees..

Van Cleef & Arpels' "Alhambra" collection, distinguished by its four-leaf clover design, has been an iconic yet polemical mark in the contemporary luxury jewelry world.

For tech startups in the UAE, protecting new ideas is not only the law; it’s also good business. Your intellectual property can be your most valuable asset, whether you are making software, hardware, AI tools, or fintech solutions.

In this article, we will address the topic of employee created rights or commissioned works in the field of trademarks, such as logos, stylised marks, or non-traditional marks such as packaging, get-up, icons, user interfaces, etc.

The UAE has launched its Collective Management in Music Guide, establishing a framework for licensing and managing music rights across commercial sectors. From December 2026, businesses using music commercially will need to navigate new tariff structures and licensing requirements, while rights holders gain a practical route for collecting royalties through authorized Collective Management Organizations.