Protecting your brand is of the utmost importance. Yet trademark, logo, and company name registration in the UAE can be onerous at best. Finding an advocate who is knowledgeable in the methodology necessary for company trademark registration in the UAE will take hours of labor off your shoulders.
As a trademark holder, it’s imperative for you to be knowledgeable regarding trademark monitoring fundamentals. Trademark watching or monitoring is necessary for defending your brand from the potential loss of revenue and intellectual property infringement.
vOffice’s trademark watch specialists can help your brand avoid potential damage caused by infringers and give your intellectual property rights sufficient protection from unauthorized use.
The Ministry of Economy (MOE) of the UAE registers trademarks; however, the regulatory body is not responsible for their enforcement and monitoring as they are to be done by trademark owners/holders. After the final approval is issued by the MOE for the registration of your trademark, it’s your duty to maintain and enforce your intellectual property rights.
A trademark™ search uncovers similar/identical registered and unregistered trademarks, allowing brand owners to determine and assess the viability of their proposed marks and the possible risks associated with their registration.
Performing in-depth investigations and phonetic search into similar brands, vOffice Consulting Middle East offers various global trademark search solutions that are tailored to your specific needs. The trained analysts of the firm make use of superior technology and advanced searching techniques, coupled with up-to-date databases.
Our service examines trademark registry search, expired, and cancelled trademarks in the UAE, as well as abandoned and pending trademark applications filed in the Ministry of Economy (MOE). The firm’s analysts also utilize common law searching strategies in combing through domain registries, business directories, web portals, and marketing sources.
A trademark is typically a brand name that is used in business as an identification sign to distinguish the goods or services from other companies. A trademark could be a name, words signatures letters figures, pictures, signatures, colors, words, slogans, software, application, website, shape, or combinations of any of these.
Trademarks are registered under a ‘class’ system in UAE. Each trademark class covers different products and services. There are 45 international classes and it is possible to register trademarks in 44 classes in UAE. A separate application is required for the registration of a trademark in each class. It may be costly and unnecessary for you to register your trademark in classes that are not relevant to your goods or services. Thus, choosing the correct class is critical for necessary protection and avoiding unnecessary costs. vOffice takes this responsibility when filing your application.
You will enjoy the following main benefits by registering your trademark:
A trademark is only one form of intellectual property and is typically associated with logos and brand names. The other forms of intellectual property that can be protected by companies are:
Trademark are words, logo, names, slogans, signatures, letters, figures, color, software, application, website, shape, or a combination of all of these. The United Arab Emirate’s Federal Laws provide protection for the registered trademarks. The trademark law intended to safeguard the interests of both consumers and business in U.A.E.
Trademark Laws cover the following main areas:
Registered trademarks in the United Arab Emirates are valid for 10 years and start from the filing date. The registration is renewable for periods of 10 years. vOffice can also automatically provide you with reminders and keep you up to date on your status after you file your trademark application.
If you are ready to register your trademark in United Arab Emirates, vOffice Intellectual Property has a complete list of documents that you need to prepare. An on-time preparation of these documents will make the process smooth and easy.
The information and documents required for filing the application are:
A Notarized Power of Attorney in favor of vOffice
If from foreign company, it must be legalized upto UAE Consulate.
Emirates ID / Passport Copy of the Managing Director
A copy of Company trade license
A good representation of the Mark / trademark logo PDF or JPG format
List of goods / services to identify from which classifications it belongs
There will only be an additional cost if there are any hindrances that occurred during the procedure like opposition, responding to official action, attestation, and translation. We will first advise you if there is any; together with an estimate of the additional costs before we proceed.
Here is the procedure of register a trademark in the UAE.
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You will get your trademark registration upon completion of the process
Step 1
The trademark application for registration is filed at the Ministry of Economy.
Step 2
Within 30 days from the day of submission application Ministry of Economy gives its decision.
Step 3
If everything fine the Ministry of Economy approves your Trade Mark, it shall be announced in its bulletin and in two Arabic newspapers before the starting registration process on applicant expense.
Step 4
Any interested person can file an objection to the registration of the trademark by submitting a written objection to the Ministry of Economy within 30 days from the date of the last announcement. If anyone files an objection, the Ministry of Economy notifies the applicant with a copy of the objection to his application within 15 days from the receipt of such an objection.
Step 5
If no objection is raised from anyone then the registration is finalized. Ministry of Economy provides the Trademark certificate which containing details of:
Here are some of the more popular trademark registration questions from our clients.
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A copyright is a protection given by law to the authors, creators, and writers for their work, including dramatic, musical, artistic, literary, and other intellectual work.
