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December 2022

The GCC Patent Office announced in its Patent Gazette No. 69 dated 01/12/2022 that the GCCPO will resume receiving and undertaking Formal and Substantive Examination of patent applications on

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November 2022

In line with other GCC countries, the trademark Office in Kuwait has decided to activate the preliminary examination service

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August 2022

Summer is coming to an end, the weather is changing and so is the number and types of refusals for this month.

Common reasons for Trademark registration refusal:

1- Office action:

* Missing documents

* Association with previously registered mark

* Not to use

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September 2022

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Qatar was one of the first countries in the Middle

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August 2022

The temperature and the refusal numbers were inversely proportional in July 2022. While the temperature was reaching its highest peaks, the refusal number had decreased from 17,747 to 15,724.

In terms of the number of refusals, China

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August 2022

In 1922, Lebanon issued its first trademark publication. Recently, Lebanon updated their publication system and started issuing the trademark official gazette online, which can be downloaded through the following link

The Lebanese Gazette, which has

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July 2022
تعطل في الأنظمة الإلكترونية - وزارة التجارة والصناعة وترويج الإستثمار سلطنة عُمان

Please note that the system of the Oman Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion has been down since June 1 and accordingly the Trademark Office issued a memo on 14-Jun-22 extending all deadline dates until the system returns

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July 2022

Our office will be closed due to Eid Al-Adha Holiday and we will resume work back on Wednesday 13th of July.

We will be replying to all emails once our office resumes work.

The below table includes the official public closure dates in the countries we operate in, indicating whether

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June 2022

Summer 2022 is beginning soon, the number of rejections of Trademark applications are cracking down from 14,796 applications issued last month to 13,428 applications issued in May.

Between April and May, the number of rejections

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May 2022

The Official Gazette is published on the website of the Ministry of Industry and Trade which eventually became accessible to the public on the following link

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