Covid 19

June 2020

UPDATES ON LOCAL IP OFFICES WORKING HOURS AND PROCEDURES DUE TO COVID 19

Country	Is the IP office Operational?	Can we file applications	Can we delay submission of documents?	Can we file oppositions?	Are deadlines postponed?	Official decree issued?	Related links
Algeria	2-3 hours per day	Yes	Yes	NA	No	No
Bahrain	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Egypt	Yes (04-May-20)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Gaza	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
GCC PTO	Yes	Yes	No	NA	No	No
Iran	Yes (in official house of TMO working days)	Yes	Yes*	Yes	No	No	* file requests with scanned copies of documents and 60 days are provided to send the originals. This can be extended for another 60-day period
Iraq	No	No	No	No	No	No
Jordan	Yes*	Yes	Yes	No	Yes**	Yes	We can settle the filing publication fees online *They postponed opposition deadlines for all official gazettes published since 19-Dec-19 to ensure IP rights are respected. Deadlines have been postponed in a staggered manner depending on date of initial publication http://alyafi-ip.com/oppositions-deadlines-have-been-postponed-jordan
Kuwait	Yes	No/ Online portal will resume work on 5-Jul-20	No	No	Yes*	Yes	* till 05-July-20
Lebanon	Totally*	Yes	Yes	NA	No	No	*All the employees start working full day
Libya	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Morocco	Yes online*	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	*however the office should re-open its doors on 10-Jun-20 (extendable)
Oman	Yes*	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	*Starting 31-May-20 (with 50% staff)
Qatar	Yes	Yes online	No	Yes	Yes, for POAs only	No	Qatar no bank transfer to pay directly in TMO
Saudi Arabia	Yes	Yes	Ability to submit a simply signed PoA with a pledge in Saudi - Yes until 30 of May	Yes	Yes till 30-May-20	Yes	* everything which can be completed online has not been postponed for other matters yes.
Sudan	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Closure extended till 08-July-20
Syria	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
Tunisia	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
UAE	Yes	Yes	No Official statement	Yes	No official statement	No
West Bank	Electronically only	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Yemen	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No

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