News reaches this part of the Empty Quarter of a possible change of practice at the UAE Trade Mark Office for the documents required to support an application to record a change of address.
Before the implementation of the WIPO IPAS system the Trade Mark Office would accept a Power of Attorney from the applicant/proprietor with the new address as sufficient to record a change of address. After the implementation of the WIPO IPAS system in early 2012 the Trade Mark Office required a notarised and legalised change of address certificate issued by an official company registrar showing each change of address (or name, for a change of name) between the address on the register and the new address. Official fees for each change of address then had to be paid. This requirement for a certificate showing each change of address caused particular issues for rights holders in countries where changes of address are not recorded or there is no official government company registrar - so particularly rights holders based in the US.
The latest news from the Trade Mark Office is that a Power of Attorney showing the new address is sufficient and intermediate changes of address will no longer need to be recorded and paid for.
This is welcome news indeed!
Before the implementation of the WIPO IPAS system the Trade Mark Office would accept a Power of Attorney from the applicant/proprietor with the new address as sufficient to record a change of address. After the implementation of the WIPO IPAS system in early 2012 the Trade Mark Office required a notarised and legalised change of address certificate issued by an official company registrar showing each change of address (or name, for a change of name) between the address on the register and the new address. Official fees for each change of address then had to be paid. This requirement for a certificate showing each change of address caused particular issues for rights holders in countries where changes of address are not recorded or there is no official government company registrar - so particularly rights holders based in the US.
The latest news from the Trade Mark Office is that a Power of Attorney showing the new address is sufficient and intermediate changes of address will no longer need to be recorded and paid for.
This is welcome news indeed!
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