Bahrain is a member to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property as of October 29, 1996; however, claiming priority is not possible at the present moment, until the amendment of the law. The international classification of goods and services for the purpose of registration of marks is followed. A separate application is filed for each class of goods or services.
Once a trade/service mark application is filed, the trademark is examined as to its registrability. Trademark applications accepted by the Registrar are published in the Official Gazette. There is a 60 day period open for filing an opposition by any interested party. An opposition to the registration of a trademark should be prosecuted before the Registrar by an authorized agent or the proprietors themselves within the prescribed period as from the date of publication; such an opposition case should be settled by the Registrar. In the absence of an opposition, a published trademark is registered, and the
