News from good friends at Kadasa & Partners that the Trade Mark Office in Saudi Arabia has dramatically increased publication fees from SAR1,000 (about US$270) to SAR3,000 (about US$800) per page (for the first two pages). The increase came without warning.
This increase follows a number of changes to the practice at the Trade Mark Office over recent months (reported here, here and here).
This part of the Empty Quarter feels that US$800 for the publication of one page of data on the Ministry of Commerce and Industry website is expensive (being more than the total local government and agent fees for an application to registration in many countries) and such an increase along with any change which comes without notice can only be detrimental to rights holders, agents and consumers.
This increase follows a number of changes to the practice at the Trade Mark Office over recent months (reported here, here and here).
This part of the Empty Quarter feels that US$800 for the publication of one page of data on the Ministry of Commerce and Industry website is expensive (being more than the total local government and agent fees for an application to registration in many countries) and such an increase along with any change which comes without notice can only be detrimental to rights holders, agents and consumers.
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