TRADEMARK REGISTRATION IN UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

How to register trademark in UAE

Registration of a trademark in United Arab Emirates is available to individuals and legal entities. To obtain exclusive rights to a company name, you should fill out the form on our website online. Profitmark International Patent Bureau specializes in the registration of intellectual property and has official representatives in 120 countries. Using our service for trademark registration procedure in UAE you receive:

1. Consulting support.
2. Professional trademark verification in United Arab Emirates
3. Preparation of a package of documents for trademark Application in UAE.
4. The official filing of the Application for registration with the patent office of the country.
5. Accompanying your application with an accredited patent attorney.
6. If necessary: ​​filing petitions or other additional documents and applications in the process of registering a trademark.
7. Obtaining a Certificate for a trademark.

Trademark registration process in UAE

So, how can you register your logo in UAE? The trademark registration procedure includes the next steps:

• checking whether your trademark could get the protection in United Arab Emirates.
• applying your trademark for registration in UAE Patent Office via the local patent attorneys.

Trademark registration search in UAE

Before applying for registration, you should make a search to avoid conflict between your trademark and older trademarks.

You can register your brand as a trademark or as a copyright in UAE. Both certificates will have the same legal power and will protect your brand. There`s some difference in process of registration, registering authorities and law enforcement.

We recommend to register your brand as a trademark if you want to work with ministries and official authorities and participate in state tenders. But if you just sale goods or services on the open market, you`d better register your brand as a copyright. It would be more efficient, cheaper and faster.

In accordance with UAE Federal Law (2002) Concerning Copyrights and Neighboring Rights copyright registration in UAE is possible only if you have the copyright object. It should meet the following requirements: your copyright object should be a result of intellectual work and expressed in any objective form.

The important question is: how trademarks can be protected in the UAE? If you think your mark is being violated you can file a civil action in Competition Regulation Committee or a state court for trademark infringement.

Penalties for trademarks infringements are very serious: imprisonment and a fine of Dh. 5000 (at least).

Registered trademark will be under legal protection in UAE during 10 years since the date of official TM registration. To keep trademark in force after 10 years - owner should pay additional official fess to the UAE Ministry of Economy for further extension. The quantity of extensions for trademarks certificates is not limited.

Cost of trademark registration in UAE

trademark registration fees in uae consist of:

Filing Fees AED 753

Publication in Trademark Journal AED 1,003

Publication in 2 Local Arabic NewsPapers AED 1,500

Trademark Certificate AED 5,003

So, the total fee is AED 8,259

In addition to the high competence of our experts, online interaction is one of the main advantages of our company service. Specially developed software allows us to accept the applications and process them in automatic mode. In countries where online patent filing is available, we use exactly this option. This allows assigning quickly priority to the applicant.

The user gets access to the personal account on the site, which will display complete information about the paperwork. You will be aware of any changes in the pendency of application status by sending a notification letter via the specified email.

If you decide to register a trademark in United Arab Emirates - just file an online application!