GCC

GCC
Requirements
Charges
 
  Trademark application requirements:
  1. Power of attorney duly legalized up to any of the GCC member states consulates, namely: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar & Oman.
  2. Extract from the commercial register or certified copy of the certificate of incorporation, if the applicant is a corporate body, duly legalized up to any of the GCC member states consulates.
  3. Deed of assignment from the inventor(s) or a certified copy of the original assignment duly legalized up to any of the GCC member states consulates, if any inventor is not the applicant himself.
  4. Certified copy of the priority document duly legalized up to any of the GCC member states consulates, in case priority is to be claimed.
  5. Three copies of the specifications which should include in sequence order: Detailed description claims drawings (if any) & Abstract. Each of these sections should start a new page and detailed description and the abstract should start with the title of the invention, which should be in the middle of the top pages and should be underlined. Subtitles included in the detailed description should be in the following sequence: - Title of the inventions, technical field, Technical background, introduction, description of drawings (if any),means of applying the invention, methods of industrial application. Each title should be underlined. The abstract should not exceed half a page. If any of the aforementioned documents is not originally in English, a certified English translation must accompany it.
The following must be noted while filling a GCC patent application:
As per articles 17, 18&19 of the implementation regulations of the GCC Patent Law, the applicant or his agent must sign:
  • An obligation form relinquish a patent previously granted previously granted by GCC state within 9 days as soon as a patent is granted by the GCC patent office.
  • An obligation form to withdraw a previously field patent application in any of the GCC states within 90 days from the date a filling a GCC states.
  • An obligation form not to be file a patent application at any patent office within the GCC states.
A 90 days grace period is given for filling the supporting documents as from the filling date failure to so will render the application as void, as extension of time is not possible.