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Information to help you protect, manage, and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Saudi Arabia.
Trade mark hearings and how to appeal against an outcome.
Section last updated: January 2019.
Intellectual property insurance may not be appropriate for every business however you may find that IP insurance has numerous benefits.
Patentability.
Section (2.01 - 2.70) last updated: January 2021.
Sections (16.01 - 16.37) Last updated: October 2023.
Section last updated: April 2024.
Infringement.
A unitary patent will protect your invention in up to 25 EU countries and will be subject to the jurisdiction of the Unified Patent Court.
Monitor the progress of a patent application through search reports, open to the public inspection files, and caveats.
This document provides guidance on the Collective Management of Copyright (EU Directive) Regulations 2016.
Section (4A.01 - 4A.31) last updated October 2023.
Sections (39.01 - 39.13) last updated: April 2021.
As a trade mark applicant you need to consider whether to proceed with your application following issues raised in the examination report.
International trade mark registrations protected in the EU under the Madrid Protocol will no longer enjoy protection in the UK after 1 January 2021.
Sections (19.01 - 19.26) last updated: October 2023.
Sections (22.01 - 22.29) last updated: April 2022.
Information on designs hearings including costs and how to appeal against an outcome.
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