The ministry of Trade & Industry released a note on the 8th of July 2019, stating that the trademarks publishing fees will be subject to an increase that will be effective starting from the 8th of August 2019.
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With the last changes on the Implementing Regulations of Turkish Industrial Property Law which has been entered into force on the 8th of July 2019, the obligation of submission of the notarized signature declaration (for natural entities) and notarized circular of signature (for legal entities) for certain important transactions has been abolished. The related transactions are listed in the table below:
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The government agreed on the changes affecting the patent procedures that aim to ease the latter. In other news, the Trademark and Industrial Designs Office released a note that all the IP services are henceforth subject to a 14% Value Added Tax (VAT), applied on the official fees, as prescribed by Law 67/2016.
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The Ministry of Industry and SMEs annouced an increase in all the fees for trademarks, patents, and designs procedures. The increase is of 100% for trademarks, 30% for patents, and 20% for designs.
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SMAS-IP has attended successfully the 141st INTA Annual Meeting in Boston (Massachusetts) from May 18th to May 22nd, 2019.
Cairo 23rd of April 2019 - SMAS IP sponsored a ceremony to celebrate the World Intellectual Property Day, in cooperation with the Arab League.
SMAS-IP is happy to announce the opening of its office in Turkey.
Our 20th Branch started operating on Monday,April 8, 2019. A brand new Office in Istanbul, and a group of highly-motivated collaborators,are waiting for your insutructions.
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Join us in Boston for the INTA's 141st annual conference.
A ministerial decision N° 17/2019 was issued aiming to unify the customs fees for intellectual property matters all over the UAE.
Join us in Boston for the INTA's 141st annual conference.
Egyptian Patent office and WIPO congratulate SMAS-IP on their successful contribution and organisation of 26th session of the Meeting of International Authorities (MIA) Under the PCT in Cairo.
The new Trademark Law of, 2019 (“TML”) was passed by the Union Parliament of Myanmar (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw) on 24th January 2019. Then TML comes into force, Myanmar will introduce a new regime of trademark system of Myanmar and IP Court will be established under the supervision of Supreme Court of Union of Myanmar.
As of January 20, 2019, Kuwait’s Trademark Office applied changes to the registration and the e-filing platform.
The Accession Procedures of Jordan to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) with the Secretary General of WIPO have been completed.
European Patents in Tunisia: Validation Agreement between EPO and Tunisia to enter into force on 1 December 2017.
Please be advised that Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates will implement VAT at the rate of 5% on 1 January 2018.
We would like to inform you that pursuant to the new Judicial announcement in Saudi Arabia,
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