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Egypt
October 2016

Egypt VAT law published in the Official Gazette and takes immediate effect

The new Value Added Tax (VAT) law was discussed and approved by the Egyptian Parliament on 31 August 2016, and the law has been published in the Official Gazette taking effect on 8 September 2016.

 

In compliance with the new rules implemented, a 10 % VAT fee will be added on all

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October 2016

Women CEOs From Europe to Dominate Trade Delegation to U.A.E.

As an attempt to expand the role of women in UAE’s society, more than half of the 50 European organizations joining a designation the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry is taking to the United Arab Emirates will be represented by women.

The aim of the trip is to empower business

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October 2016

Increase in Registration Fees for TM applications in KSA and Change in Opposition Procedures

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

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Patent
September 2016

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom allowed to livestream his legal battle against the United States on YouTube

Kim Dotcom (Kim Schmitz), a German-Finnish Internet entrepreneur, businessman, musician, political party founder, and founder of Mega upload, who resides in New Zealand, has been accused of criminal copyright infringement and a host of other charges, such as money laundering, racketeering and

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August 2016

The first of its kind in the region, DED launches ‘IP gateway’ in Dubai- UAE

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.

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July 2016

United Kingdom on 23 June 2016 - The public decision was to leave the EU

المملكة المتحدة في 23 حزيران 2016 – استفتاء شعبي لصالح خروج المملكة المتحدة من عضوية الإتحاد الأوروبي
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United Kingdom on 23 June 2016 - The public decision was to leave the EU.

The important points that arise on the effect of this decision on IP rights are as below:

  • The outcome of this decision has no effect on the UK national IP Rights nor on all the registrations that were
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Yemen
June 2016

Yemen – Designation of Class Header in Trademark Applications no Longer Accepted

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

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Bahrain
May 2016

Bahrain updates Trademark law and increases official fees.

Bahrain – Alyafi IP Group would like to announce that ministerial decree No. 3263 was published on 26-May-15, and highlighted changes in procedural and financial matters relating to trademark processes in Bahrain. The law was effective starting from date of published, and is retro-active,

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March 2016

Increase in publication fees for TM renewal applications in Saudi Arabia

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

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Tunisia
April 2016

European patent validation in Tunisia

Tunisia is finally implementing the regulations of the agreement signed in Munich on July 3, 2014 between EPO President and Tunisian Minister of Industry, related the validation of European patents for Tunisia.

According to the agreement, European patents validated in Tunisia, will have

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