IP Treaties
Fact Table
Opposition period
30 Days
Protection term
10 Years
Special signs
Alcoholic beverages in Class 32 and all goods in Class 33; no trademark protection can be obtained for alcoholic beverages. Pork in class 29 cannot be registered either.
NICE classification adopted
10th Edition
Word Mark Search
Available
Device Mark Search
Limited to key word searches for non-standardized description of marks
Country Requirements
Trademark
Patent
Industrial Design
Required Documents:
Power of Attorney (POA): notarized and legalized at the Emirati Embassy
Process:
- The registration process takes 5-6 months to be completed
- Registration of a mark in the UAE covers the seven Emirates of Abu-Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ras Al-Khaimah, Ajman, Fujairah and Umm Al-Quwain
- An applicant cannot choose to register in one of the emirates only
- A separate application should be filed for each class
- "The application will be examined by the TMO within a period up to 6 months. 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 to publish the mark in the official gazette and two private newspapers, otherwise late penalty fees will be applied per month.
- Reject the application, you may appeal the decision within a period of 30 days from the official notification date, otherwise the application would be considered withdrawn"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 30 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from the official notification date to file a reply to the opposition, otherwise the application will be considered withdrawn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 late penalty fees will be applied per month
- The certificate of registration will be issued within 1 working day 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.
- Deed of Assignment (DoA) – Notarized.
- CR (Certificate of incorporation/certificate of good standing) notarized & its translation.
- Application as filed (in Arabic) + Drawings (AR).
- Certified copy of the priority document.
Process:
- The patent registration process takes 4-5 years.
- After filing the application, the application is put on hold for 3 months until all required documents and information are fulfilled.
- After 3 months from the filing date, the application will be formally examined to check if all the required documents were submitted and will issue a decision of:
- Incomplete formalities: the Examiner will give the applicant 90 days from the official notification date to fulfill all requirements, otherwise the application will be considered withdrawn.
- Complete formalities: the Examiner will give the applicant 90 days from the official notification date to settle the substantive examination fees; otherwise, the application will lapse.
- Once the application is substantively examined, the Examiner will issue a decision of:
- Reject the application: if the requirements were not met or the patent is non-registrable, the applicant has 90 days from the official notification date to appeal the decision before the Appeal Committee/comply with the examiner’s decision and amend the defection.
- Accept the application: the applicant must settle the publication and registration fees to publish the application in the official gazette within 60 days from the official notification date; otherwise, the application will lapse.
- Any interested third party can oppose the said application within 60 days from the date of publication. It should be noted though that publication happens after issuance of the certificate.
- The protection period of a patent is 20 years, from the filing date of the PCT application, or the national patent application based on Paris Convention.
- Annuity fees should be paid from the second year, starting the PCT filing date (during the period of 1st of January till the end of March yearly).
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 to issuance of the certificate is for a period of 1 to 2 years.
- The design registration is valid for 10 years.
- Annuity payments are made annually.