Process for Trademark Registration in UAE

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is one of the largest business hubs in the world. If you live there it's imperative that you register your business trademark to not only legally protect your brand and intellectual property, but to also differentiate yourself from the competition.

What Is A Trademark?

The UAE Federal Law No (37) of 1992 defines a trademark as any distinguished form of words, signatures, graphics, titles, seals, announcements, pictures, letters, figures, marks or group of marks that are intended to be used in distinguishing goods, products, and services.

When you register your trademark in the UAE you will be registering it in the seven states: Dubai, Ras Al Khaimah, Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain, Sharjah, and Fujairah.

How To Register Your Trademark In UAE

The ministry of economy is the one that is responsible for registering your trademark. When you visit the ministry you will find the UAE trademarks office where everything will be handled.

The first step to getting the trademark registration in UAE  is search where the office will run a search on your trademark to ensure that there is no dispute associated with it. You should note that you have to pay $270 and the pre-filling search report will be delivered in your email in 15 working days.

Once everything is okay, you will progress with the registration where you need to apply for registration. When sending your application. it has to be accompanied with these documents:

A Power of attorney (PoA): which has been notarized by the Notary public and legalized up to the consulate.

Registration order form: this is a form that is usually provided by Kaizen. You should fill and send it together with your application.

Soft copy: in addition to sending your trademark in hardcopy format, you should also send it in softcopy. The ministry requires that it should be in JPEG format.

ID card: this is to proof your identity.

Priority application: if you want your application to be given priority you should attach a certified copy of the application.

Points To Note

When sending your application you need to pay the registration fee which is usually $1,620. This fee covers the service that you will be offered and the official filing fees.

While you can undergo the registration hustle on your own, if you have money you can always hire advisors to handle the entire process for you. The cool thing with working with advisors is that they are knowledgeable thus will be through with the process within a very short time. Also, once you pay the advisor's fee, you only need to sit back and wait for registration to take place.

Are you planning of registering a trademark in UAE and don't know how to go about it? We provide TrademarkRegistration in Dubai at a small fee. We also offer Trademark Registration in Oman; therefore, if you live in this area you should go ahead and contact us.

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