by cwbadmin | Aug 19, 2014 | Uncategorized
The Department of Economic Development (DED) in Dubai recently raided two warehouses and seized over one million pieces of counterfeit cosmetics and pharmaceutical products. The confiscated products, which claimed to be weight loss drugs, performance enhancers or...
by cwbadmin | Aug 19, 2014 | Uncategorized
According to the new Jordanian Administrative Courts Law No. 27 of 2014 issued on 22 July 2014, all administrative decisions, including those issued by the Trade Mark Office, will now be appealed before the Administrative Court within 60 days from the date of...
by cwbadmin | Aug 19, 2014 | Uncategorized
The Saudi King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) which houses Saudi Arabia’s patent office is reported to have approved approximately 3,500 patents since the patent office began operations in 1982. Of those patents, about 23% were filed by Saudi...
by cwbadmin | Aug 19, 2014 | Uncategorized
Dubai Customs intellectual property rights seizures for the first half of the year had an estimated street value of US$4.8 million. The seizures were spread across diverse product types including electronics, automotive parts, clothing and accessories. On the...
by cwbadmin | Aug 19, 2014 | Uncategorized
The Global Innovation Index (GII), which ranks the world’s economies and the innovation capabilities and results, has ranked the UAE as first in the Middle East region in 2014 and 36th in the world. The GII issued its 7th report co-published by Cornell University,...