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UAE Freezones and Corporate Tax
Cabinet Decision No. 100 of 2023 has been issued in the UAE, under which tax considerations have been introduced for income generated by freezone entities under intellectual property rights. The decision refers to patents, “copyrighted software”, utility models,...
Oman: Default Decisions
CWB is engaged in litigation in Oman, highlighting the impact of deeming provisions in undefended trade mark opposition matters. Briefly, a trade mark applicant had appealed an adverse, default opposition decision before the local courts, because the applicant failed...
IP Stars Ranks Two More CWB Practitioners
After publishing most of the results of their IP Stars research earlier this year, Managing Intellectual Property recently published further individual practitioner rankings, recognizing two more CWB professionals. Dubai-based Associate Kim Pietersen was ranked as a...
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Egypt Establishes New Authority for Intellectual Property
Egypt recently adopted Law 163 of 2023 which establishes the Egyptian Authority for Intellectual Property (EAIP) as the only state body authorized to grant and register all types of intellectual property rights. Authority over IP matters, so far divided among multiple...
Yemen Adopts 10th Edition of Nice Classification
The General Department for Intellectual Property Protection at Yemen’s Ministry of Industry and Trade in Sana’a adopted the 10th edition of the Nice Classification of Goods and Services, effective as of 19 August 2023. While certain trade marks may still be open to...
Saudi IPO Waives Local Legalization Requirement for Apostille Documents
Saudi Arabia’s accession to the Hague Convention in December 2022 aimed to abolish the requirement for legalization of foreign documents – an apostille issued by the state of origin was supposed to remove the need for further certification by the destination state....
Leading African IP Firm Hahn & Hahn Joins CWB-PETOŠEVIĆ Merger
Hahn & Hahn, an intellectual property firm headquartered in Pretoria, South Africa and providing a full suite of IP services across the entire African continent, has joined the Gulf Capital-backed CWB-PETOŠEVIĆ merger, a super-regional firm servicing and managing...