UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

• Kinds of Trademarks registrable in UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

  • Following indications may be used as Trademarks in United Arab Emirates:

    • Word marks
    • Names
    • Phrases
    • Symbols and inscriptions
    • Devices
    • Slogans
    • Packaging
    • Designs
    • Signatures Combination of all of the above.

    Types of Marks registrable:

    1. Collective marks
    2. Certification marks
    3. Marks for non-commercial purposes
    4. Service marks
    5. Well Known marks
• Requisites for a Trademark to be registrable in UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

  • Trademarks must contain the following essential requirements to be registrable in UAE:

    • Distinctiveness
    • Non-descriptiveness of the goods and / or services
    • Not be a well known term in the line of business, trade channels of the applicant
    • Not be same / similar / identical either visually and/or phonetically to prior registered / pending marks.
• Kinds of Trademarks not registrable in UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

  • Applicants should bear in mind that the following will not be registrable as Trademarks in UAE:

    1. Trademarks not distinctive.
    2. Trademarks that are mere descriptions of the goods, products that they represent or familiar drawings and ordinary pictures of goods and products.
    3. Trademarks and Signs contravening morality, public order, religious symbols, icons and law of the land.
    4. Trademarks misleading the public as to the origin or the source of the products or services or their characteristics.
    5. Trademarks that are considered imitations, copies, translations, transliteration of famous and well known marks, and prohibitory trademarks.
    6. Trademarks that are similar / identical to registered and pending marks.
    7. Trademarks identical /similar to or containing elements resembling maps, emblems, flags, signs, seals and official insignia of national and international organisations.
    8. Caricatures, portraits, drawings, cartoons, expressions ridiculing belittling people and objects worthy of respects and status.
    9. Titles, entitlements, badges of honour that the applicant is not entitled to use.

    TrademarkCopia through its associate Law Firms and Lawyers in UAE (United Arab Emirates) is at hand to help you with trademark registration and prosecution.

• Trademark Search in UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

  • It is highly advisable to conduct a search of the proposed mark to ensure that a similar mark has not been applied for by other contenders and is not pending registration or is already registered.

    A search is useful in determining the following:

    1. Conflict with existing trademarks.
    2. Confirm validity of the proposed trademark.
    3. Evaluate the filing of the application and assess the risk of nullity and 3rd party claims.
    4. Strategise on the kind of mark to file regarding the denominations such as figurative, coloured, black & white etc.
    5. Search is a useful tool prior to filing of applications since search concerning prior pending marks carried out by the Turkish Trademarks Office of United Arab Emirates.

    Our Attorneys are at hand to assist you with searches and provide opinions about registrarbility of the proposed / coined trademark in UAE.

• Trademark Filing in UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

  • Filing is done with the Trademark office of United Arab Emirates.

    Applicant has to furnish the following documentation for filing:

    1. Name of the applicant
    2. Logo (if any) in B/W or Colour
    3. Address along with nationality of the Applicant
    4. Classes in which Registration is sought.
    5. Power of Attorney (POA)
    6. Details regarding Goods and Services for which registration sought
       (Goods and Services classified as per NICE classification)
       (UAE is Note member of NICE Agreement, However use as reference)

    TRADEMARKCOPIA.COM Attorneys will assist you with:

    • Filings
    • Infringement & Opposition Actions
    • Renewals
    • License and Assignment procedures
    • Trademark Watch Services
• Trademark Examination in UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

  • Once the trademark application is filed, it is examined regarding registrability.

    Accepted applications are published in the official journal and 2 local Arabic newspapers.

    Interested third parties can file their opposition within 30 days.

    In the absence of opposition, published trademark is registered and registration certificate issued.

• Trademark Publication & Opposition in UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

  • Once the trademark application is in compliance with all the requisites it is published in the official journal and two local Arabic news paper for opposition.

    In the event there is no opposition forthcoming, the trademark application proceeds for registration.

    TrademarkCopia through its experienced Trademark Lawyers and Trademark Attorneys in UAE (United Arab Emirates) can comprehensively assist you with trademark opposition and prosecution.

• Trademark Registration in UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

  • Once the IP office decides on the registrability of the trademark application, it is registered and registration certificate is issued.

    Trademark registration in United Arab Emirates is valid for 10 years from the date of filing after which it can be frequently renewed for another 10 years.

    Rights of Trademark Owners: Trademarks may be:

    1. Transferred in whole or in part with or without compensation
    2. Inherited – Assigned and licensed.
    3. Mortgaged and creditors may seize such trademarks belonging to their debtors.
    4. Licensed to natural or legal persons
    5. Prevented from unauthorized usage by third parties
    6. The subject of appropriate redressal from a court of law upon infringement
• Trademark Usage in UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

  • Pre – Registration: Usage before filing an application for registration is not a pre-requisite.

    Post – registration : However, non-use continuously for 5 yrs. post registration would make the mark vulnerable for cancellation.

• Trademark Cost of Registration in UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

  • Please write mail for the cost of registration of trademark in United Arab Emirates to the mail address given below:

    contact@trademarkcopia.com