From Filing to
Registration:
10-12 months
Convention Priority:
Yes
Classification of Goods/Service:
International (8th
Edition)
Multiple Class Applications:
N/A
Procedure:
Once the application
is filed, it is
queued to be
examined as to the
trademark
registrability.
Accepted
applications by the
Registrar are
published in the
Trademark Journal
and two local Arabic
newspaper. There is
30 days period for
filing an opposition
by any interested
party. In absence of
an opposition, the
published trademark
is registered, and
the certificate of
registration is
issued.
Registration Validity:
10 years, renewable
for other
consecutive periods,
each of which is 10
years.
Renewal Time:
Application for
Renewal should be
submitted during the
last year of the
protection period.
There is 3 months
grace-period for
late renewal upon
payment of lateness
fine. (renewal is to
be published in the
Trademark Journal
and in two local
Arabic newspaper).
Trade/Service mark
Use:
Not pre-requisite
for registration.
However, a trademark
is vulnerable for
cancellation by any
interested party,
who may prove that
the trademark was
not actually used
for five consecutive
years.
Requirements:
Trademark/Service Mark Applications
1- Power of
Attorney, duly
notarized and
legalized up to the
Consulate of the
United Arab
Emirates.
2- 20 Prints of the
trademark.
4- Certified copy of
the priority
document, if
priority is to be
claimed.
Renewal of Trademark/Service Mark
Registrations
1- Power of Attorney, duly notarized and legalized up to
the Consulate of
United Arab
Emirates.
2- Copy of the Certificate of Registration.
Assignment Applications
1- Power of Attorney by the Assignee, duly notarized and
legalized up to the
Consulate of United
Arab Emirates.
2- Deed of Assignment, signed by both parties, notarized
and legalized up to
the Consulate of
United Arab
Emirates.
3- Copy of the Certificate of Registration of the mark.
Change of
Name/Address
Applications
1- Power of Attorney in the new name/address, duly
notarized and
legalized up to the
Consulate of United
Arab Emirates.
2- Certificate of change of name /address, duly legalized
up to the Consulate
of United Arab
Emirates.
3- Copy of the Certificate of Registration of the mark.
Registered
User/License
Applications
1- Power of Attorney by the Licensee, duly notarized and
legalized up to the
Consulate of United
Arab Emirates.
2- License
Agreement, signed by
both parties,
notarized and
legalized up to the
Consulate of United
Arab Emirates.
3- Copy of the
Certificate of
Registration of the
mark.
