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Single-Class Filing System.
All applications for registration of international marks under the Madrid Agreement and Protocol shall be treated the same as national applications.
YES. The Arabic translation or the meaning of the mark shall be provided. But it is not a pre-request for registration that the mark should have a meaning.
YES and the requirements as follows:
YES, it is possible to file the application without the legalized Power of Attorney; however, there will be an official fee for late filing of the POA for every month delay in addition to our charges.
NO. A separate application is required for each class.
8-10 months.
Amendment after filing is possible by submitting a corresponding certified copy of home or foreign registration showing the correct details.
For the registered marks, the owner of a registered mark may request the Directorate in writing to introduce any amendments, by deletion and not addition, to the list of goods or services of the mark against a fixed fee. The amendment shall be published in the Property Protection Journal.
YES, within 90 days from the publication date.
10 years as from the filing date.
12 months before expiry.
6 months from the protection’s expiry date.
The competent court may, at the request of any interested party, pass a decision to strike off the registration of a mark if it is proved that it had not been seriously used for three successive years on all products or services for which it was registered, or any part thereof, unless the owner of the mark justifies the reason for non- use of the mark during this period.
Any mark that has been written off for any reason or for the non-renewal of its registration may be re-registered in the name of its owner in particular, during the period of three years from the date of the write-off and may be registered, after the lapse of this period, in the name of its owner or any other parties. The original owner, then, can oppose the relative application/registration.
The owner of a mark, well known internationally and in Syria even if not registered, may request the competent court to write off or prevent others from using an identical or similar mark or the translation thereof for similar or non-similar goods or services in case the use of the mark for non-similar products shall carry others to believe that there is a link between the owner of the well-known mark and such products, or that such use may discredit the mark or cause damage to its owner or if that use is unjustified.
NO. May be recorded for registrations only.
YES, may be transferred in whole or in part through sale, assignment, or through inheritance, legacy, mortgage or imposing any material right on it against any consideration or free of charge by the commercial enterprise or business, in accordance with the rules and procedures set forth in the implementing regulations after payment of the assigned fee.
NO. Trademarks may be assigned with or without the goodwill of the business concerned.