by David Harper | Aug 18, 2021 | Uncategorized, Article
The World Health Organization estimates that 1 in 10 medical products (mainly antibiotics and antimalarials) in low-to middle-income countries is either substandard or falsified, causing hundreds of thousands of deaths each year and costing untold millions in further...
by cwbadmin | Jan 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
The Algerian trade mark office increased the official fees for trade mark applications with respect to colour marks and in relation to appeals of provisional refusals. The increase amounts to about US$14 per colour mark application or appeal. The increased fees took...
by cwbadmin | Jan 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
The Iraqi trade mark office requires a power of attorney on behalf of the applicant legalized to the embassy of Iraq to support a trade mark application at the time of filing. Although the law does not provide for the late filing of a power of attorney, in practice it...
by cwbadmin | Jan 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
On 6 December 2014, Kuwait’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce and Industry, Dr. Abdulmohsen Al-Madaj, announced the formation of an Intellectual Property Committee “to better protect intellectual property” in Kuwait. Sheikh Salman Al-Dawood Al-Sabah,...
by cwbadmin | Jan 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
Lebanon’s Ministry of Economy and Trade launched a five-year road map that hints at the amendment of the country’s intellectual property laws, amongst 40 other initiatives, aimed at bolstering the activities of small- and medium-sized enterprises. While Lebanon’s...
by cwbadmin | Jan 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
Morocco enacted a new Industrial Property Law No., 23-13 dated 18 December 2014. The new law 23-13 amending and supplementing the law 17-97 on the protection of Industrial Property entered into force on 18 December 2014. Amongst others, its main objectives are to...
