An increase on the official fees has been approved by the Russian Patent and Trademark office on specific legal actions pertaining to trademarks, industrial designs, patents and utility models. It is worth mentioning that one of the key increments in the official fees is for attending a substantive examination for the patent applications (nearly [...]

Official Gazette will be issued twice a month in UAE A new Administrative Circular has been issued on 15th of June 2021 by the Trademark Office (Ministry of Economy) in UAE stating that the official gazette of the accepted and published trademarks will be issued two times a month. Before the new practice, the [...]

Iraqi Trademark Registrations will not be extended to Kurdistan. A new Guidance issued in June 2021 raised by the Kurdish Trademark Registrar suspending the legal extension of protection of the Iraqi registered trademarks up to Kurdistan district until further notice. Previously, it was possible to extend the legal protection of a Registered trademark in [...]

On 12 October 2020, Oman has announced the implementation of Value Added Tax (VAT) of 5% on the non-governmental fees in accordance with the unified GCC VAT Agreement. The implementation date of the VAT was on 16th of April 2021 and will become into force starting from July 2021.

On 11 April 2021, The Trademark Office in UAE has announced their update by accepting the late submission of the legalized POA’s up to non-extendable 30 days from the date of filing the application. Previously, the legalized POA must be submitted at the time of filing the application and late submission of POA was [...]