Kuwait
Filing
Trademark Application:
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A Power of Attorney
duly legalized up to the Kuwaiti Consulate.
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A legalized copy of
the mark's Home Registration Certificate or a
legalized copy of a
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Foreign Registration
of the mark could be used.
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Twelve prints of the
mark not exceeding 5 X 5 cms; additional charges are
to be paid for large size prints.
Filing Patent Application:
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A Power of Attorney
duly legalized up to the Kuwaiti Consulate.
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An Extract of the
Entry of the Applicant in the Commercial Register or
an official copy of the Memorandum or Articles of
Association, if the Applicant is a company or a body
corporate (legalized up to the Kuwaiti Consulate).
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A Certificate of
Incorporation legalized up to the Kuwaiti Consulate.
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The title of the
invention.
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A summary description
of the invention in English and its Arabic
translation.
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The number and date
of the corresponding foreign patent.
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The name, address,
nationality and occupation of the Applicant(s) and
inventor(s).
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Two copies of the
specifications of the invention in English, together
with their Arabic translations.
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Two sets of the
formal drawings of each language bearing any
reference numerals or words, and prepared on Bristol
paper.
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A Deed of Assignment
document from the inventor(s) to the Applicant(s)
legalized up to the Kuwaiti Consulate.
Note:
All translated documents should be authenticated by the
Ministry of Justice in Kuwait, it takes 10 days of time,and our charges are US$ 30.00 for each page
Filing Design Application:
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A power of attorney
legalized up to the Consulate of Kuwait.
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An extract of the
entry of the applicant in the commercial register or
an official copy of the memorandum or articles of
association, if the applicant is a company or body
corporate legalized up to the Kuwait Consulate.
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The name, address,
nationality and occupation of the applicant.
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Two representations
of each design or model should showing the various
views. The figure of the design or model should be
placed in an upright position on the sheet. When
more than one figure of the design or model are
shown, these should be on the same sheet, each
designated as "perspective view", "side view" or as
the case may be.
Filing Copyright Application:
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A legalized power of
attorney up to the Kuwaiti Consulate.
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Two copies of the
work
Copyright registration is
administered by Kuwait National Library which has
prescribed forms for different types of copyrights. This
form should be filled in and submitted to the Library
with the material to be registered.
FAQ
Trademarks
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What is the term of
protection of a trademark?
- Protection period is 10 years, calculated from the
filing date.
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Can an application be
filed without its complete documents?
- No.
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Are there any goods
or services for which the mark can not be
registered?
- Beer, ale and porter in class 32, alcoholic goods
in class 33 and pork meat in class 29 are not
registrable.
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Can one application
cover more than one class of goods/services?
- A separate application is needed for each class.
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May priority be
claimed?
- Priority claim is not applicable as Kuwait is not
a member of Paris Convention.
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Can the trademark
application be opposed and what is the opposition
period?
- Trademark application can be opposed within 30
days from the date of 3rd publication.
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Can an assignment be
made with or without the goodwill?
- With or without the goodwill.
Patents
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Can convention
priority be claimed?
- No.
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Can a registration be
obtained for pharmaceutical products?
- No.
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Can a patent
application be filed without its complete documents?
- All relevant documents can be filed within 3
months from the date of filing the application.
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Can the
specifications or claims be amended?
- Yes.
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Is there a novelty
requirement?
- No novelty requirement.
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Does the Patent
Office publish the applications in the Official
Gazette?
- No.
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What is the term of
protection of a patent and from which date is it
calculated?
- Protection term is 20 years
Designs
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Can convention
priority be claimed?
- No.
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Is it possible to
file more than one design/model in the same
application? If yes, are there any advantages in
doing so?
- Not possible. One design in different views is
possible.
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What are the novelty
requirements for a design application to be valid?
- There is no novelty requirement.
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What is the term of
protection of a model or design?
-Term is 10 years
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