The Omani Trademark Office has recently shifted its trademark classification system from Nice's 8th edition to Nice's 9th Edition. Most of the updates in class headings between the 8th edition and the 9th edition of the Nice classification system involve classes 21, 29, 42, and 45. Notably, in the 9th edition, the disclaimer "not of precious metal or coated therewith" is removed from class 21, the item "frozen" is added to class 29, and the item "legal services" is removed from class 42 and added to class 45. Minor changes and additions have also been made to other classes (14, 20, 26, and 34). Changes and amendments include, among other things, the transfer of goods and services from one class to another, deletions, as well as changes in class headings. 

Country Classification in our Region 

Country	Nice Edition Adopted
Algeria	9th
Bahrain	9th
Egypt	8th
Gaza	8th
Iraq	7th with local sub-classification
Jordan	9th
Kuwait	8th; Class 33, alcoholic goods in class 32, & pork meat in class 29 can not be registered
Lebanon	9th
Libya	8th; Class 33, alcoholic goods in class 32, as well as Christmas trees and related products in class 28 can not be registered
Morocco	9th
Oman	9th
Qatar	7th; Class 33 & alcoholic goods in class 32 can not be registered
Saudi Arabia	9th; Class 33, alcoholic goods in class 32, pork meat in class 29, & Christmas trees and related products in class 28 can not be registered
Sudan	8th; Class 33 & alcoholic goods in class 32 can not be registered
Syria	9th
Tunisia	9th
United Arab Emirates	9th; Class 33 & alcoholic goods in class 32 can not be registered
West Bank	8th
Yemen	8th with local sub-classification; Class 33 & alcoholic goods in class 32 can not be registered

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