News reaches this part of the Empty Quarter that the current practice of the Saudi Arabian Patent Office (not the GCC Patent Office) is that Saudi nationals are not required to pay annuity fees.
Interesting items of news about Intellectual Property in the Middle East and North Africa reach even this tranquil corner of the vast emptiness that is the Empty Quarter
Tuesday, 28 May 2013
Thursday, 9 May 2013
Bahrain amendments to the Copyright Law
News on the Trade Arabia website here of amendments to the Copyright Law in Bahrain. The article refers to mandatory out of court settlements with different levels of compensation for intentional and unintentional infringement and stiff penalties for unauthorised decoding of satellite signals.
Tuesday, 7 May 2013
UAE draft anti-counterfeiting law
Details of a draft of a new anti-counterfeiting law in the United Arab Emirates are available from an article in Gulf News.
The part of the Empty Quarter welcomes this news.
The part of the Empty Quarter welcomes this news.
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