Last month, we were informed by the Ministry of Trade and Economy that new regulations will take effect on 5 April 2019 with respect to powers of attorney (PoA).

On 12 March 2019, EIPO arranged a pilot workshop for IP agents to get insight of the new system.

Ahmad Hisham Hassan, a Kuwaiti trader, filed on 24 December 2005 a trademark application for "UNOSPRESSO" in class 42 under no. 74116.

On 1 June 2010, Milano Trading Est., a Bahraini company, has filed a trademark application for "Milano & device" in class 35 under No. 81671which was published in the official Gazette No. 2991 dated 17 March 2011.

Our Client, UGUR SOGUTMA MAKINALARI TEKSTIL SERIGRAFI BASKI MADEN VE MERMER SANAYI VE TICARET ANONIM SIRKETI, a Turkish company, has filed on 17 December 2001 an International Registration for "ugur & device" No. 779950 in class 11 designating Egypt; the said registration was published in the official Gazette No. 19/2011 dated 2 June 2011.

On 16 August 2016, we filed a trademark application for registration on behalf of our client, MEERA INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, for SAYONAPPS in classes 11. The application was assigned serial number 30308.

The Ministry of Industry, Trade and Supply has, on 30 January 2019, announced regulation No. 5 of 2019 amending the patent regulations and patent fees.

United Brothers Co., a Palestinian company, has filed a trademark application for "Al Ain & device" in class 29, application no. 15962, and it was published on 26 April 2010.

Our Client, Jemella Group Limited, a British Company, has filed on 24 June 2008 a trademark application for "GHD" in classes 3 & 9 under No. 218777, the application was published in the official Gazette No. 835 dated 29 April 2010.

The trademark was published in the Official Gazette on 2 January 2011.

On 29 September 2016, we filed a trademark application on behalf of our client for the mark "Safya" in Kuwait in class 29.

Laboratoires Medis, a Tunisian Company has filed on 16 October 2009 a trademark application for "ESORAL" in class 5 under No. T091338 which was published in the Official Gazette on 29 July 2010.

United Brothers Co., a Palestinian company, filed two trademarks applications, the first was for "Durra & device" in class 30, application no. 15895, published on 9 December 2009, and the second for "Durra in Arabic & device" in class 30, application no. 15899, published on 9 December 2009.

United Brothers Co., a Palestinian company, filed on 29 June 2009 a trademark application for "ZAHI (in Latin and Arabic letters)" in class 30 under no. 16371. The application was published on 26 April 2010.

Our client, KASEM & SHAMI (RAMCO AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION INDUSTRY CO.), a Syrian company has filed on 21 April 2006 a trademark application for RAMCO in Arabic and Latin Characters in class 7 under No. 5302919.

A new Trademark Law was issued in 2009 and published in the Official Gazette late that year.

On 14 February 2024, the Ministry of Commerce and Trade released updated requirements for prosecuting trade marks following the Libya Trade Mark Office's announcement...

A Trademark shall mean everything that takes a distinctive form such as names, words, signatures, characters, codes, numbers, signposts, seals, drawings, sounds, smells, pictures, inscriptions, packaging, figurative elements, ...

An application for the registration of a mark shall be field with the Registrar in the manner and according to the conditions prescribed in regulation made under this law.

As the basis for protection of creativity and human invention, the need for Industrial Property to protect patents, trade marks, industrial designs & models and integrated circuits was sought to ensure an appropriate environment ...