The Trademark Office in Yemen announced new regulations related to trademark registration procedures.

The regulations, which were promulgated through Ministerial Decision no. 20 of 2018, entered into force on March 18, 2018 and stipulate the following:

  1. The registration procedures of all pending applications must be completed within 12 months as from filing date; otherwise the subject applications will be canceled.
  2. The registration procedures of all applications with conditional acceptance must be completed within 12 months as from the Registrar’s decision date; otherwise the subject applications will be canceled.
  3. The publication fees must be paid within 60 days as from the date of receiving the acceptance for publication; otherwise the subject applications will be canceled.

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