The Saudi Arabian Trade Mark Office (and the IT company, Thiqah, which is implementing many of the changes) continues to keep local and regional practitioners on their toes.
The Registrar resigned last week. There is an acting Registrar now leading the Trade Mark Office.
The recent changes in practice to specifications have been amended. The requirement that either the class heading or only specific terms listed in the 2012 version of the 10th Edition of the Nice Classification could be selected (reported here) has been amended. It is now possible to select both the class heading and specific terms listed in the 2012 version of the 10th Edition of the Nice Classification. This changed happened sometime last week, was not announced by the Trade Mark Office or Thiqah and was not applied to all trade mark agents at the same time.
This part of the Empty Quarter is finding the many changes at the Trade Mark Office in Saudi Arabia difficult to keep up with and even more difficult to keep clients up to date with.
The Registrar resigned last week. There is an acting Registrar now leading the Trade Mark Office.
The recent changes in practice to specifications have been amended. The requirement that either the class heading or only specific terms listed in the 2012 version of the 10th Edition of the Nice Classification could be selected (reported here) has been amended. It is now possible to select both the class heading and specific terms listed in the 2012 version of the 10th Edition of the Nice Classification. This changed happened sometime last week, was not announced by the Trade Mark Office or Thiqah and was not applied to all trade mark agents at the same time.
This part of the Empty Quarter is finding the many changes at the Trade Mark Office in Saudi Arabia difficult to keep up with and even more difficult to keep clients up to date with.
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