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Jordan to Amend its Designs Law
Jordan is currently seeking comment from its private sector in relation to its proposed Models and Designs Law, which is being amended in preparation for Jordan's sign up to the Hague Agreement (concerning filing international applications of industrial designs). The...
GCC Patent Office Updates
Suspension of the GCC Patent Filing System On 6 January 2021, the GCC Patent Office stopped receiving applications for patents. This followed a decision made by the GCC Supreme Council during the 41st Summit held a day earlier, which called for the GCC Council of...
In the Hotseat with… Fiona Robertson
Fiona Roberston heads up CWB's Media & Technology practice. She has 25 years’ experience in media and entertainment law and is globally recognised in Chambers & Partners, Legal 500 and Media Law International. Describe yourself in three words. Energetic,...
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GOEIC – Navigating importation regulations in Egypt
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...
Patent Regulations in Saudi Arabia
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...
Letters of Consent in Saudi Arabia – An effective means of overcoming citations?
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...
INNs in the GCC
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...