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Trademarks

Saudi trademark law has provisions on criteria to establish a well known trademark. According to the law, the fame of the mark shall be determined by the extent of its recognition by the concerned consumers as a result of its promotion, the length of period of registration or use thereof, the number of countries of registration or the fame or the value of the mark and the extent of its impact in the promotion of goods or services which the mark is used to distinguish.

1. The Filing System ( Single-Class Filing System) .
2. Classification of goods/services ( 10th Edition of Nice Classification) .
3. Registrable: trademarks, service marks, collective marks, color marks, family name marks.
4. Saudi Arabia Is A Member of Paris Convention .
5. The Claiming priority Is under Of Paris Convention .
6. The Filing international registration Is Not under Of Madrid Agreement .
7. The Filing international registration Is Not under Of Protocol to Madrid Agreement .
8. The Time from filing to registration ( 70 days) .
9. Protection (registration) duration (  10 Hijri years from the application date. The ten Hijri years in Gregorian equal 9 years, 8 months, and 13 days) .
10. The Examination type ( substantive examination) .
11. The Examination time (  2 days) .
12. The Opposition period ( 60 days) .
13. The Time limit to pay publication fees after acceptance ( 30 days) .
14. The Time limit to pay registration fees after the end of the opposition period (  30 days) .
15. The Use  ( a registered mark may be subject to a cancellation action by any interested party if it has not been used for 5 consecutive years) .
16. The Renewal application can be made within (  6 months before expiry) .
17. The Renewal duration ( Ten 10 Hijri years) , The ten Hijri years in Gregorian equal 9 years, 8 months, and 13 days.
18. Grace period to renew after expiration ( 6 months) .
19. Method of conducting the search ( official and computerized search) .
20. Search for a device ( It possible) .
21. Search by applicant’s name ( Its not possible) .
22. Time required to complete the search ( 3 days) .
23. Claiming goodwill upon assignment: optional.
24. Publication after recordal of the assignment ( in the Official Gazette) .
25. Publication after recordal of the merge (  in the Official Gazette) .
26. Publication after recordal of the license (  in the Official Gazette) .
27. The Time period of the license ( It can be decided by parties) .

FILING REQUIREMENTS

 

REGISTRATION WITH CUSTOMS DUTY

 

RENEWAL REQUIREMENTS

 

MERGER REQUIREMENTS

 

RECORDAL OF CHANGE

Industrial Design

1. You can claim priority according to Paris Convention within: 6 months from the first filing date.
2. Member of: Paris Convention.
3. Period of protection of a design: 10 years.
4. Annuities: have to be paid for granted designs and pending applications at the beginning of each Gregorian year starting from the year following the application’s filing date.
5. Allowed time to submit the assignment deed from the date of signing the agreement: no time restrictions.

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN FILING REQUIREMENTS

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN ASSIGNMENT

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN MERGER

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN RECORDAL OF CHANGE

 

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN LICENSE

Patent

1. The claim priority according to Paris Convention within (12 months from the first filing date) .
2. Saudi  Arabia Is A Member of ( PCT, Paris Convention, GCC) .
3. The Period of protection of a patent: 20 years.
4. Allowed time to submit the assignment deed from the date of signing the agreement: no time restrictions.

PCT Filing

Saudi Arabia is a member of Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Paris Convention Since August 03, 2013. The cost of obtaining a patent through national phase is same as a Saudi national application, however national phase PCT applications are granted relatively faster within 22-24 months.

The term for entering PCT national phase in Saudi Arabia is 30 months from the priority date. The Arabic and English translations of the required documents must be submitted on entering the Saudi PCT national phase entry.

Annuities are paid from the year following the application filing year. The annuity in following year shall include annuity from international filing date of PCT application. An applicant must pay annuity from January 01 to March 31 in the following year.

PCT Filing requirements in Saudi Arabia

1. The Arabic and English translations of the required documents must be submitted on entering the Saudi PCT national phase entry. It is not possible to submit the translation at a later stage.
2. For entry into the Saudi PCT national phase, an application must contain:
   – a copy of the PCT request (claims, specification, drawings and abstract in Arabic and English);
   – a copy of the specification;
   – a copy of the International Publication;
   – a copy of the International Search Report;
   – name and address of the applicant(s) and/or inventor(s);
   – priority data, if any.
3. A certified copy of the Priority Document should be submitted within 90 days from the PCT national phase entry in Saudi Arabia.
4. The original of a notarized Power of Attorney legalized up to the Saudi Consulate may be filed within 90 days from the date of the Saudi national phase entry.
5. If the Saudi PCT national phase application is filed by a person other than the inventor, a legalized Assignment Deed between the applicant and the inventor must be submitted within 90 days from the national phase entry date.

Copy Rights

1. Validity of the copyright protection period after the death of the authors (50 years).
2. Validity of copyright protection period before expiry ( the rights of the author are protected for his lifetime) .

Domain Names

1. Country code top level domain name extension (ccTLD): .SA
2. Grace period for late renewal of the domain: no grace period.

1. Late filing of documents: allowed within 1 week from request date without penalty.
2. Extension of time for late filing of documents: not allowed.

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