The government of Bahrain has recently approved the country's accession to the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Customs Union which was launched by the GCC Supreme Council in its 23rd summit held in Qatar on the 21st and 22nd of December 2002. In this scope, the government of Bahrain has agreed to implement all the related ...

In the scope of the Lebanese government's continuous efforts to deter Intellectual Property theft, an Information Technology and Intellectual Property Rights Law Enforcement Office was established as a new section within the judiciary police department which falls under the supervision of the Public Prosecutor's Office. The main duties of the IT and IP Rights Law ...

Pursuant to order No. 80 issued by the Coalition Provisional Authority on April 26, 2004 amending the Trademarks and Descriptions Law No. 21 of 1957 (renaming it Trademark and Geographical Indications Law), the Iraqi Trademark Office has announced the reduction of the trademark protection period from fifteen years to ten years as of the filing ...

- Bahrain adopts the 8th edition of the Nice classification of goods and services. - Saudi Arabia implements new border measures for the protection of IP rights. - Yemen adopts the 8th edition of the Nice classification of goods and services. - Qatar amends the trademark filing requirements in order to enhance the registration system. - ...

The current law on the protection of Industrial Property (Law No. 17-97) concerning trademarks, patents of invention, topographies of integrated circuits, industrial designs and models, and geographical indications and appellations of origin has recently been amended in order to comply with the Intellectual Property Provisions of the US-Morocco Free Trade Agreement dated March 8, 2004 ...

The Trademark Office in Qatar has recently modified some of its registration practices in an attempt to enhance its operations and to provide applicants with an adequate intellectual property rights registration system. The new practices include the following: 1. All applications filed at the Trademark Office after February 1, 2006 will be processed and examined ...

On February 1, 2006, the Patent and Trademark Office launched a new system to file trademark applications electronically. This new system allows applicants to fill out an electronic application form, check and review it for accuracy and precision, and then submit it directly over the internet to the Patent and Trademark Office. The system then ...

The implementing decrees No. 05-275 for patents, No. 05-276 for topography of integrated circuits, and No. 05-277 for trademarks issued on August 2, 2005 and published in the Official Gazette No. 54 on August 7, 2005 are now in force. The ordinances related to the above mentioned decrees were previously published in the Official Gazette ...