by Firas Jayyusi | Dec 20, 2016 | Blog
Saudi Arabia uses the Nice Classification system for classifying goods and services for the registration of trade marks. However, there are some nuances in the implementation of the Nice Classification in Saudi Arabia that applicants should be aware of before filing...
by Rachel Armstrong | Dec 20, 2016 | Blog
Background on Special 301 Report The Special 301 Report is a report released annually by the Office of the United States Trade Representative (the “USTR”) which sets out a review of intellectual property protection globally and identifies countries, which do not, in...
by Renee Nugent | Dec 20, 2016 | Blog
Earlier this year, the Ministry of Trade and Industry in Egypt put into effect new regulations in an attempt to control the importation of counterfeits into Egypt. If you are a brand owner that currently has goods imported into Egypt, you must comply with the new...
by Richard Gaugeler | Dec 20, 2016 | Blog
Saudi Arabia has recently amended provisions of its patent regulations, effective as of 19 December 2015. The amendments may be seen as an attempt to harmonise Saudi Arabian patent prosecution with that of the Patent Cooperation Treaty, which it assented to in May of...
by David Harper | Nov 27, 2016 | Blog
Letters of consent may, in certain circumstances, be an effective means for overcoming a refusal of a trade mark application that has been refused on relative grounds. Relative ground refusals are encountered frequently in Saudi Arabia and, once raised, they can be...
by David Harper | Nov 27, 2016 | Blog
International Non-Proprietary Names for Pharmaceutical Substances (INNs) are unique, regulated, globally recognized labels that are used to enable the identification of pharmaceutical substances (or their active ingredients). As the name would suggest, INNs are...
