United
Arab Emirates
Filing
Trademark Application:
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A Power of
Attorney legalized up to the Consulate of the UAE.
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Twenty
self-adhesive prints of the mark.
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A certified copy
of the Priority document, if any.
Filing Patent
Application:
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A Power of
Attorney duly legalized up to the Consulate of the
UAE.
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A duly legalized
Extract from the Commercial Register or from the
Memorandum of Association if the Applicant is a
company or body corporate.
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One copy of the
English specifications and claims and their Arabic
translation.
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One set of the
drawings relating to the invention, if nay.
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An Abstract of the
invention of no more than 200 words, together with
the best explanatory diagram.
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A duly legalized
Deed of Assignment signed by the inventor, if the
Applicant is not the inventor.
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A certified copy
of the application giving the filing date, number
and country if the application is to be filed with a
Priority claim.
Please note that the
documents in items (3, 4 and 5) should be submitted at
the Patent Office on the filing date of the application,
while documents in items (1, 2, 6 and 7) can be
submitted within 90 days (strictly non-extendable) from
the filing date of the Patent Application.
For PCT applications entering the National Phase in the
UAE, a copy of the PCT international publication search
and examination reports must be submitted with the
application.
Filing Design Application:
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A power of
attorney duly legalized up to the UAE Consulate.
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A duly legalized
extract from the commercial Register or from the
Memorandum of Association if the applicant is
company or body corporate.
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Two copies of each
model or design if it is two -dimensional or two
copies of each view thereof, if it is three
-dimensional.
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A duly legalized
deed of assignment signed by the inventor, if the
applicant is not the inventor.
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A certified copy
of the priority document it is to be claimed .
Filing Copyright Application:
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A power of
attorney duly legalized up to the Consulate of the
United Arab Emirates.
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Full description
of the work.
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Particulars of the
applicant.
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Declaration from
the author or his heirs if he is dead on the
ownership of the work.
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Statement
determining his method of publication if it is not
stated in his will.
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Rights in
exploiting the work according Articles 37 and 32 of
the law if the application has been filed by the
assignee.
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Written permission
from the original author if the work is derived from
the original work.
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The agreement
between the author and the person under whose
instructions and name the work was produced, in case
the application was filed by the said person.
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A certificate of
entry in the register of commercial agencies at the
Ministry of Economy and Commerce if there is a local
agent in the country.
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Two copies of the
work.
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Approval from the
censorship department.
FAQ
Trademarks
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Can an application
be filed without its complete documents?
- Yes, sixty days from the filing date.
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Can one
application cover more than one class of
goods/services?
- No.
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Is use required
before registration or for maintaining the
registration in force?
- No.
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Are there any
goods or services for which the mark can not be
registered?
- Yes, Alcoholic drinks.
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May priority be
claimed ?
- Yes.
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What is the term
of protection of a trademark?
- 10 years from the filing date.
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Can the trademark
application be opposed and what is the opposition
period?
- Yes, 30 days from the date of publication.
Patents
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Can a registration
be obtained for pharmaceutical products?
- No,
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Can a patent
search be conducted?
- No.
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Can a patent
application be filed without its complete documents?
- Yes.
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What is the term
of protection of a patent and from which date is it
calculated?
- 15 years starting form the filing date, in case of
PCT, starting from the PCT filing date, It can be
extended for another 5 years.
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Is there a novelty
requirement?
- Yes, worldwide.
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Can the
specifications or claims be amended?
Yes.
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s working of the
invention required to keep protection in?
- Yes.
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Could annuity
payments be made before the granting of the patent?
- Yes.
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Does the Patent
Office publish the patent applications in the
Official Gazette?
- Not yet.
Designs
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What are the
novelty requirements for a design application to be
valid?
- Absolute worldwide novelty is required.
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Can convention
priority be claimed?
- Yes.
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Are there
provisions in your law to oppose a model/design
registration?
- No.
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Is use required to
maintain a registration of a model or design in your
country?
- Yes.
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What is the term
of protection of a model or design in your country?
Can this term be extended?
- 5 Years, Renewable twice consecutively.
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Are designs/models
protected by copyright law as well?
- Yes.
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Is it possible to
apply for cancellation of a model/design filed in a
secret form?
- No designs nor patents are to be filed in secret
form.
Copyrights
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