Trademark Registration

At we provide full trademark registration services all over the world with special emphasize in Saudi Arabia and the other GCC countries at very competitive rates. Trademark registration is determined in Saudi Arabia by the trademark law of 2002. It takes between 7-9 months from filing to issuing a certificate of registration in Saudi Arabia. Once a trademark is registered, it will be protected in Saudi Arabia for 10 years and it will subject to renewal for similar period(s) every ten years. International Classification of Goods and Service are followed in Saudi Arabia and multi-class application is not available. Saudi Arabia has been a signatory country to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property since 2003 and its trademark law is generally in compliance with the Paris Convention. GCC Countries are considering a uniform Gulf trademark law which will enable trademark owners to protect their trademarks in all the six GCC countries through a single application.

Trademark Infringment

Infringement occurs if another business use or register an identical or similar trademark to yours in the same country of registration. The similarity between the two trademarks shall be enough to create customer confusion. You may need our law firm to file a lawsuit in the appropriate jurisdiction to prevent harmful effects of the infringer activities. The infringement action will enable you to prevent further infringement, collect damages, and destruct infriging or counterfeiting products. In Saudi Arabia for example, the Administrative Court (formerly was called Board of Grievance) is the court in charge of trademark infringement disputes.

Trademark Watch

In order to fully protect the IP rights of our client, offers trademark watch as one of its services. Every month, reviews new trademark filing to ensure no new published marks infringes our clients' mark. As soon as we find a pending application which infringes our clients' marks, we instantly notify our clients. Our staff can readily determine whether our client's mark and the new filing are confusingly similar. After notifying our clients, the firm's professionals can secure and protect their rights by filing an opposition against the registration of the mark.

Trademark Selection

Usually enterprises are willing to choose trademarks that reflect the nature of their goods or services. Although this is a valid target, direct description of products or services lowers the strength and exclusivity of trademarks. Our advice on trademark selection will enable you to choose a strong and exclusive trademark that does the same desired identification to your goods and services. We examine also the validity of the trademark according to the official language of the country in question.

Patent Overview

A patent gives the patentee exclusive right to sell, use manufacture and license the invention. It also gives the power to the inventor to exclude all third parties from using, distributing, or selling the invention without the patentee's permission. Before filing application, it is very important to perform patentability search to find out whether to register the invention or not. Under patentability search, we at search all in-force and expired patents plus any previous technology to find out whether or not a particular invention is novel and has inventive step. Patent drafting (drafting specification and claims) is the most sophisticated area of law because the person drafting the application has to follow the very complex instructions to claim the exact invention, avoid claiming prior art technology, and to avoid conflict between patent claims and patent specification. At , we provide legal support to carry out the drafting process. Infringement search is used to determine whether or not a particular invention is infringing a protected patent. This type of search is more limited compare to patentability search because it only examines the invention in light of protected patent while patentability search examine the invention in light of protected/expired patent, and all the prior unprotected technology. Registration process is the third step for protecting invention after patentability search and drafting patent application. It is very important to know that a patentable invention is not protected by law in most of the countries covered by our service and not enforceable against third parties until the local Patent Office grants the inventor the patent certificate. For protecting your patent in the above mentioned countries, you must be aware that there are (3) three international treaties governing patent registration, namely; Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), Paris Convention, and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) : Filing under the PCT system provides (3) three years period to the applicant to claim priority from the original patent application in any of the member states of the PCT. Paris Convention : According to Article 4 (c) of the Paris Convention, filing a patent application under the Paris Convention provides (12) twelve months period to the applicant to claim priority from the original patent application in any of the member states of the Paris Convention. Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) : The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has its central patent registration system which is enforced in all the (6) six GCC countries; namely: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Bahrain. Thus, GCC patent law gives patentees acheter cialisthe right to protect their patents in all the above mentioned countries through a single registration. Patent Law Treaty (PLT) : The Patent Law Treaty (PLT) provides for unifrom requirements for filing and maintaining national or regional patent applications, for example, communications and representations regarding patents or patent applications.

Patent Registration

The registration process is the third step for protecting an invention after the patentability search and drafting patent application. It is very important to know that a patentable invention is not protected by law in Saudi Arabia and not enforced against third parties until Saudi Patent Office grants the inventor a patent certificate. In 2004 the Saudi government enacted a law covering patents, layout designs of integrated circuits, plant varieties, and industrial models. According to the above law, a patent is given twenty years of protection from the date of filing the application and is subject to annual maintenance fees. The Gulf Corporation Council Countries (GCC) have a Uniform Patent Law which is enforced in six GCC (6) countries, namely: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Bahrain; Thus, the GCC patent law gives patentees the right to enforce their patents in all the above mentioned countries through a single registration. of the above systems.

Drafting Patent Application

Patent drafting (drafting specification and claims) is the most sophisticated area of patent law because the person drafting the application has to follow complex instructions to precisely claim the invention, avoid claiming prior art technology, and avoid conflict between patent claims and patent specification. At we are very qualified in patent drafting and can carry out the drafting process of all kinds of technologies.

Patentability Search

Before filing patent application, it is very important to perform a patentability search to find out whether it is possible to register the invention or not. Under a patentability search, we at search all in-force and expired patents plus any previous technology to find out whether or not a particular invention is novel and has inventive step.

Patent Infringment Search

Infringement search is used to determine whether or not a particular invention is infringing an existing patent. This type of search is more limited compared to a patentability search because it only examines the invention in light of the existing patent, while a patentability search examines the invention in light of the valid/expired patents, and all the prior unprotected technology. The lawyers at have experiences in multi-million dollar patent litigation for infringement of a petrochemical patent and a pharmaceutical patent.