New Electronic Filing System for Patent Applications in Egypt
A new electronic filing system is about to be launched by the Egyptian Patent Office. Same has been previously postponed cause of the worldwide pandemic of COVID-19 and expect to be adopted as from January 2022. Further updates will be announced…keep tuned.
EUIPO’s global trade mark database
TMview, the EUIPO’s global trade mark database, has reached 100 million entries. It contains trade mark data from 72 intellectual property offices worldwide and receives more than 1.2 million searches monthly .
The Chinese Authorities Shortens Smooth TM Registration Process
On 10 November 2021, the China National IP Administration (CNIPA) announced that it will shorten a smooth trademark registration from eight months to seven months by the end of this year. The seven-month smooth registration does not apply to non-traditional or special trademarks (e.g., 3D marks, color combination marks, sound marks, certification marks, collective marks,…
Trademark search in Egypt
An official pre-filing search may be conducted in the records of the Egyptian Trade Mark Office in order to locate any identical and/or similar prior registration(s) to avoid conflicts in the examination stage. Results to be delivered within 20 business days upon receiving client’s instructions.
Meta Lawsuit Against Facebook
Laterally on October 2021, Facebook announced amendment of its name to be “Meta” as from November 2021. A US company based in Chicago took appropriate steps against such amendment basing same on using its formerly commercial name “Meta”. The Facebook Company is now facing problems using the new commercial name that a live trademark was filed…
New Filing Regulation for Trademarks in UAE
The Trade Mark Office in UAE adopted new filing requirements for trademark application as from June 2021 permitting a legal period of 30 days to submit the legalized document, otherwise the application will be rejected.
The Egyptian-Korean project to develop the intellectual property automation system at the Egyptian Patent Office
A project to develop and improve the intellectual property automation system was opened the Egyptian Patent Office has been launched. Dr. Mahmoud Saqr, President of the Academy of Scientific Research praised the fruitful cooperation between the governments of South Korea and Egypt, with the aim of contribute to transforming the Egyptian Patent Office into an…