Following yesterday's post (here) on the changes to the trade mark application process in Saudi Arabia a question has arisen about applications claiming priority. How will the Trade Mark Office deal with an application where the goods in the application or registration on which the priority claim is based are not listed in the 2012 version of the 10th Edition of the Nice Classification?
While the answer is not certain, advice from a local firm has reached this part of the Empty Quarter that the applicant should consider applying in Saudi Arabia for the class heading (which is not specified to cover all goods in class but in practice often feels like it does) on the basis that the Trade Mark Office has recently become less particular about insisting that the goods or services in the application in Saudi Arabia are identical to those in the right from which priority is claimed.
This part of the Empty Quarter agrees with the advice and expects to report on a number of other changes to procedure in Saudi Arabia required to fit with the new requirements.
While the answer is not certain, advice from a local firm has reached this part of the Empty Quarter that the applicant should consider applying in Saudi Arabia for the class heading (which is not specified to cover all goods in class but in practice often feels like it does) on the basis that the Trade Mark Office has recently become less particular about insisting that the goods or services in the application in Saudi Arabia are identical to those in the right from which priority is claimed.
This part of the Empty Quarter agrees with the advice and expects to report on a number of other changes to procedure in Saudi Arabia required to fit with the new requirements.
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