Fact Table
Opposition period
60 Days
Protection term
10 Years
Special signs
Class 33 and alcoholic beverages in class 32 cannot be registered
NICE classification adopted
10th Edition
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Country Requirements
Trademark
Patent
Industrial Design
Required Documents:
Power of Attorney (POA): notarized and legalized at the Kuwaiti embassy
Process:
- The registration process takes 6 months to be completed.
- A separate application should be filed for each class.
- The application will be examined by the TMO within a period of 1 month. After the end of the examination period, the TMO will issue a decision to either:
- Accept the application, the publication fees should be settled within 30 days from the official notification date, otherwise the application will be considered withdrawn.
- Reject the application, you may appeal the decision within a period of 60 days from the official notification date, otherwise the application would be considered withdrawn.
- Any interested third party can oppose the publication of the trademark application within 60 days from the date of publication. The applicant has 30 days from the official notification date to file a reply to the opposition, otherwise the application will be considered withdrawn.
- The applicant has 30 days from the end of publication period date to settle the registration fees, otherwise the application will be considered withdrawn.
- The certificate of registration will be issued within 1 week from the date of settlement of registration fees.
- The trademark's registration is valid for 10 Gregorian years, starting from the filing date, and renewable for similar consecutive periods.
Required Documents:
- Power of attorney (PoA) - notarized and legalized at the Kuwaiti embassy.
- Deed of Assignment (DoA) – notarized and legalized at the Kuwaiti embassy.
- Patent full specifications in English and Arabic
- Certified copy of the priority document.
Process:
- The patent registration process takes 4-5 years.
- Once filed, the application will be formally examined to check if all the required documents were submitted. When formally accepted, the applicant will have to settle the substantive examination fees, otherwise, the application will lapse.
- Once the application is substantively accepted, the applicant has to settle the publication and registration fees to publish the application in the official gazette. Any interested third party can oppose the said application within 90 days from the date of publication.
- If the application passes the publication period successfully, the certificate of registration will be issued.
- The protection period of a patent is 20 years, from the filing date of the PCT application, or the national patent application based on the Paris Convention.
- Annuity payments are settled at the beginning of each year, between January and March.
Required Documents:
- A summarized description of the design.
- Applicant info (name and address).
- Power of attorney (PoA): Original should be notarized and legalized.
- Deed of assignment if the applicant is not the designer.
- Translation to Arabic of all documents and descriptions is required at time of filing
- Copy of the commercial certificate document is required.
Process:
- One application can cover multiple designs.
- The process from filing until acceptance is for a period of 1 to 2 years.
- There is no certificate of registration issued. All design applications are used as documentary evidence of ownership
- The design registration is valid for 10 years, renewal is not allowed.
- Annuity payments are settled at the beginning of each year, between January and March.