Securing a registered trademark protects your brand and provides you with the tools to prevent someone from using similar signs and riding off the back of your business. If you do not protect your trademark by registering it, then you may find you are legally prevented from expanding your business. Thus, in this article, we will highlight the process and fees to register your trademark in UAE, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia.
UAE
Required documents
Registration fees are equal to 5,000 AED.
Application fees are equal to 750 AED.
Publishing fees are equal to 750 AED.
Qatar
In order to register your trademark in Qatar you should abide by the following steps:
What are the necessary documents?
– Attach the translation of the trademark with a statement of how to pronounce foreign terms from a certified translator’s office
– Attach the meaning of the Arabic word if the word is not understood by the public
– Attach a certificate of conformity of the domain owner (.com) in the case of the photo containing a domain name.
– Attach authentic documents for the validity of the said date if the trademark contains a calendar or Hijri date.
– If the sign is submitted in advance within six months in another country, attach a certificate of deposit indicating the date of deposit issued by the depositary with a copy of the previous application and a translation into Arabic within six months from the date of submission of the registration application
– Attach proof of entitlement to the degree referred to in the form of the trademark to be registered.
– The consent of the owner of the name/photo/title/apparent in the form of the trademark to be registered.
– Attachment of identity papers in case of family name (Commercial Registry – National Identity)
– Attach the certificate of registration of the trademark in case the trademark is finished, the renewal period exceeds, and the owner wishes to register it on a different or modified commercial record.
What are the steps:
1. Accessing the Authority’s website, selecting services, and pressing the trademark service.
2. Access to the trademark portal.
3- Moving to the service platform through the unified national access/e-mail.
Request the registration of a new mark (as an owner as a stakeholder or as an owner of the enterprise or as a company).
5. Filling the required Data.
6. An invoice shall be issued to study the trademark and, if paid, the application shall be received and examined.
After consideration, one of the following decisions is taken:
– Acceptance is subject to an amendment (90-day time limit), and if the applicant fails to make the required amendment within 90 days, the application shall be transferred to a waiver.
– refusal with the possibility of modification (10 days time limit for amendment).
– Final refusal in either case:
• If the adjustment is not made within the specified time limit (10 days).
• If the amendment is made by the customer and does not meet the required statutory requirements.
8. If the trademark is accepted, the publication invoice shall be issued and then moved to the publishing stage after payment of the outstanding fees by the applicant.
9- Publishing (publishing duration 60 days).
After the end of the deployment phase without any objection submitted, the client must pay the final invoice within 30 days of its issuance, and then print the certificate through the system.
Fees:
Consideration fees | 1,000 SAR |
Publication fees | 500 SAR |
Trademark registration and certificate issuance fees | 5,000 SAR |
For further assistance please contact Al Safar & Partners on +97144221944 – email reception@alsafarpartners.com – www.alsafarpartners.com http://dubailawyers.ae
Written By:
Ms. Luminita Rizescu – Partner & Specialized in Retail Law, Commercial and Rental Disputes, Will drafting.
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