Adopts The 11th Edition Of The Nice Classification

The Eleventh Edition of the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks under the Nice Agreement (Nice Classification) has been officially adopted in Saudi Arabia as a replacement to the 10th Edition which did not include the most recent updates and additions of new goods and services.

Saudi Authority for Intellectual property “SAIP” e-platform provides a pre-approved list of goods/services and no longer allows a claim of class headings in combination with all the items in the class. Applicants can either file the trademark application by claiming all the class headings or claim specific items that are available on the portal, but not the combination of both.