In the following article, the BSA Intellectual Property practice
provides updates related to Intellectual Property and trademark
owners in the UAE:
- The UAE Cabinet approves accession to the Madrid
Protocol system
The UAE recently announced it will be joining the Madrid
Protocol for trademark registration systems, which is scheduled to
be completed by the end of 2021/early 2022. This accession has been
discussed for many years, along with various opinions on the pros
and cons of entering the system.
As the UAE continues to improve its Intellectual Property
practices, the authorities opted to join the Madrid Protocol, which
is an elective international trademark administrative system
permitting a unitary filing with legal effect in over 120 different
member countries. At present, only Bahrain and Oman are part of the
Madrid Protocol in the GCC.
