UAE - the pirate registration of a well known mark can be cancelled even after five years of use by the owner of the registration

News on the World Trademark Review website today of an article by Al Tamimi in which they report a case in which the Courts of First Instance, Appeal and Cassation all confirmed that the pirate registration of an internationally well known mark may be cancelled even after local use of the mark continuously for at least five years.

The Article is available here.