Saudi Arabia - closed for National Day on Thursday 22 September 2016

All government offices including the Patent Office, the Trade Mark Office, the Courts, Ministries and the GCC Patent Office will be closed on Thursday 22 September 2016 for the National Day holiday. Any deadline falling on Thursday will be deferred to Sunday 25 September 2016.

GCC Trade Mark Law - resources - updated 2 October 2016

Here is a list of articles published on the GCC Trade Mark Law.

September 2016 - Clyde & Co - Saudi Trade Mark Office adopts GCC Trade Mark Law - Legal and practical implications
September 2016 - Rouse - Saudi Arabia increases their official fees for trade marks
September 2016 - Gowlings - Fee levels: why brand owners need to react fast in the Middle East and North Africa
September 2016 - AGIP - GCC TM Law and its Implementing Regulations Come into Force in KSA
September 2016 - Saba & Co - Saudi Arabia: Increase in Official Fees and Substantial Procedural Changes in Trademark Oppositions
September 2016 - Kadasa - The GCC Trademark Law is published in Saudi Arabia
August 2016 - Clyde & Co - GCC Trade Mark Law - Are increased official fees inevitable?
August 2016 - Al Tamimi - The importance of opposing trademark applications in Bahrain
July 2016 - Rouse & Co - Saudi Arabia - GCC Trade Mark Law and Implementing Regulations
July 2016 - Clyde & Co - Saudi Arabia edges closer to implementing the GCC Trade Mark Law
February 2016 - Clyde & Co - The start of a new era - GCC Trade Mark Law implemented in Kuwait
January 2016 - Saba & Co - GCC: Laying down the Trademark Law
January 2016 - AGIP - Increase in Trademarks Official Fees in Kuwait
January 2016 - Al Tamimi - GCC Unified Trademark Law: Keyprovisions and challenges
December 2015 - AGIP - GCC Trade Mark Law & Implementing Regulations
December 2015 - Kadasa & Partners
October 2015 - Clyde & Co - The GCC Trade Mark Law: moving closer, in different ways
September 2015 - AGIP - GCC Trademark Law & Implementing Regulations
February 2015 - Clyde & Co - Licensing provisions in the draft GCC Trade Mark Law
November 2014 - Clyde & Co - A Unified GCC Trade Mark Law
March 2014 - AGIP - Bahrain Approves GCC Trademarks Law
If there are other articles not referred to please email this part of the Empty Quarter who will gladly update the list.

UAE - administrative enforcement in Ras Al Khaimah

News from Khaleej Times (here) of enforcement by the Ras Al Khaimah Economic Department in September 2016. The news is that the Economic Department in Ras Al Khaimah are taking action against counterfeit products being sold in a shopping centre, rather than the quantity of goods seized.

WIPO - PCT Guides - Kuwait

News from WIPO that these parts of the PCT Guide for Kuwait have been updated:

General Information – Annex B (here)
National Phase – National Chapters (here)

WIPO - PCT Guides - Qatar

News from WIPO that these parts of the PCT Guide for Qatar have been updated:

General Information – Annex B (here)
National Phase - National Chapters (here)