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RIYADH – Alyafi IP Group

In an attempt to make trademark fees in the GCC on the same level, a new Ministerial Decree in Saudi Arabia was issued approving the implementation of the GCC Trademark Law regulations. As a result of the decree, the official fees for trademark related matters

The first of its kind in the region ‘Intellectual Property Gateway’ an electronic gateway was launched in Dubai for receiving complaints on trademark infringement through The Commercial Compliance and Consumer Protection, CCCP, sector in the Department of Economic Development DED’s website.

The Ministerial Resolution No. 239 for 2011 in Yemen, which is related to the classification system administered for trademark registrations in Yemen, has received a recent amendment.

It has been decided that trademark registrations in which the class includes the class header are not to

Starting from March 2016, all trademark renewal applications filed in KSA - Saudi Arabia will be filed using the online filing system. With this update, comes an increase in publication fees, to SAR3,000 equivalent to USD822 dollars, in line with the previous increases applied when trademark