YEMEN

• Kinds of Trademarks registrable in YEMEN

  • Following indications may be used as Trademarks in Yemen:

    • Word marks
    • Names
    • Numbers
    • Signatures
    • Letters
    • Symbols
    • Pictures
    • Inscriptions
    • Colours and combination of colours 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 YEMEN

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

    • Distinctiveness
    • Non-descriptive 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 YEMEN

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

    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 Yemen is at hand to help you with trademark registration and prosecution.

• Trademark Search in YEMEN

  • 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.

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

• Trademark Filing in YEMEN

  • Filing is done with the Trademark office of Yemen. 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)

    TRADEMARKCOPIA.COM Attorneys will assist you with:

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

  • Once the application is filed, a Preliminary (formality) examination regarding compliance of all the requisites is carried out along with a search for prior existing trademarks followed by substantive examination.

• Trademark Publication & Opposition in YEMEN

  • Once accepted, the mark is published in the official journal.

    Within stipulated time from the date of publication, opposition if any from third parties may be lodged.

    If no there is no opposition forthcoming or the the opposition is resolved in favour of the applicant, the mark is then registered and certificate issued.

    TrademarkCopia through its experienced Trademark Lawyers and Trademark Attorneys in Yemen can comprehensively assist you with trademark opposition and prosecution.

• Trademark Registration in YEMEN

  • Once the trademark is accepted for registration, the IP office will enter the details of the trademark onto the trademark register and the applicant will be issued with a certificate of registration.

    Trademark registration in Yemen 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:

    • Exclusively used by the owners of the registered trademarks.
    • Transferred in whole or in part- Inherited
    • Assigned and licensed.
    •  Mortgaged and creditors may seize such trademarks belonging to their debtors.
    • Licensed to natural or legal persons
    • Prevented from unauthorized usage by third parties
    • The subject of appropriate redressal from a court of law upon infringement
• Trademark Usage in YEMEN

  • Post Filing: Failure to use the mark post registration for 5 yrs. continuously could lead to premature termination of the mark.

• Trademark Cost of Registration in YEMEN

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

    contact@trademarkcopia.com