The United Arab Emirates July 2021 The Trademarks Department at the Ministry of Economy in the UAE has vowed to improve its service and make it more efficient, transparent, and affordable and has succeeded in all of the above. In order to maintain traction, the trademark office announced on the 15th of June 2021 that…
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Source: PIB What is the News? Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has recently secured trademark registrations in three countries – Bhutan, UAE, and Mexico. How many countries have KVIC obtained Trademark Registration? So far, KVIC has Trademark registrations for the word mark “KHADI” in 6 countries namely Germany, UK, Australia, Russia, China, and the EU. However, with trademark…
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Industrial Design Protection Vs Shape Trademark in GCC: The shape of a product is often of significant value to a business. This article briefly considers the use of trademark law and industrial design law to secure the intellectual property value of a product with a commercially significant shape. Introduction to Trademark and Industrial Designs: …
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Trademark Protection The slogan is a big part of your brand identity. Protecting advertising slogans, ideas & concepts can add significant value to a brand. Opting for unique, distinctive, catchy phrases that are easily distinguishable allows consumers to identify the source of the goods or services. It is the easiest and most effective way…
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Can we use another’s trademark? If you want to use someone else’s trademark, you must ask the trademark owner for permission/approval to use it. Normally, if the trademark owner gives you permission to use his trademark, you may have to pay him the amount agreed by both parties and sign a formal agreement associated…
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Domain Names and Trademark Protection DOMAIN NAMES A domain name is a website name. Domain names let a user visit a specific website. It is very common for a domain name to be the same, or identical to a trademark, as part of a branding strategy. A trademark is a name, emblem, logo, or…
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45 Classifications in Trademark Registration Trademark Registration is divided into 2 categories namely, product/goods and services. In the product/goods it is divided into classes 1 to 34 and for the services in classes 35 to 45. We base the use of the Trademark in the classification.In the UAE and other country countries, trademark registration…
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Plain Packaging of Cigarettes Plain packaging of cigarettes requires the elimination of all branding (colors, imagery, company logos, and trademarks), allowing manufacturers to print only the brand name in an assigned size and font, in addition to the health warnings context and any other legally required standard information. The design of all cigarette packs…
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The difference between wordmark and trademark A wordmark is a kind of trademark that consists only of words (text-only). The word themselves might have a design (stylized font) or typographic. It can also be a combination of numbers and letters. The most example is the name of the company. A wordmark or logotype is…
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Trademarks in Branding One of the common commercial practices of a company is using its trademark without getting it registered which causes a big risk for their business as there might be someone who has already the same trademark and is already registered. When the company with the registered trademark found out that there…
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