Trademark Registration UAE A trademark is a visual that symbolizes a company. Trademarks can also be specific groups of words, like slogans that are instantly recognizable as representing a brand. Companies must register their trademarks to be sure that they are not already registered with another company and to protect their trademarks so that no one else can use it.
Trademarks are the first thing that people recognize about your organization. They are the identity of your organization and represent the whole business. Register it as early as you can to be on the safe side. Trademark registration is not always a straightforward exercise. Learn as much as you can about it in advance before you start registering your trademark. The earlier you do this the better.
How to Register your Trademark within the United Arab Emirates
If you live in Dubai or somewhere in the UAE and you want to register your company trademark, you have to go through a legal process which involves completing an application and filing many documents. A lawyer will help you to register the trademark in a way that satisfies all the demands of the law without going through any cumbersome work. Here are the documents that you will need to accompany your application:
- Your Trading License
- Your Contact Information
- A Sample of the Design you want to Trademark
- Power of Attorney Documents
- Your ID or Passport
- A list of the products that you want to protect by trademark
How to Follow up your Trademark Registration after you have Submitted Documents
After handing in your documents, you pay a fee to the Ministry of Economy’s e-services portal. There are two ways of making this payment. You can pay online, or you can ask your lawyer to pay the Ministry on your behalf.
Sometimes you might have to pay a translations fee in addition to the registration fee. The payment first has to clear before the Ministry of Economy processes your application and notifies you of any corrections that need to be made. Your application should be successful as long as there are no complaints against your trademark registration claims.
Your trademark registration certificate will come out after some time. On the certificate will be printed your registration number, the name of the business, the owner’s name, and the date on which you made the application.
Trademark Registration UAE The trademark design will also appear on the registration certificate, as will a list of products and services that are protected by that trademark.
After you have finished this whole process you have cause to celebrate because the trademark will be protected for ten years. After the ten years have lapsed, you only have to pay a fee to renew the trademark protection.
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