Trademarks

Trademark is everything that has a distinctive design and used to distinguish between goods and products in order to retain mark owner the right to the trademark because such owner deals with and uses it in sales presentations and to distinguish its products or services. Trademark may be words, numbers, letters, graphics, logos, devices, inscriptions, signatures, seals or any other label.

Trademark is registered upon goods and under the international classification for goods and services as there are 45 categories (Nice Classification).

For the trademark owner, in order to maintain his right and be able to protect it from infringement of other people, it is necessary to be registered under the competent authority.The trademark is registered with the owner`s data and address as well as the description of the goods. Any change to the trademark or transferring it to another company will be also registered.It must be published in the Brand Official Journal in addition to publishing it in local newspapers after acceptance to enable the public to exercise their rights to inspect the Gazette mentioned and taking legal action to prevent the registration of the mark in the case of similarity with his mark.

Applicant Description:

Normal person, companies or legal persons

Priority:

Registration Priority right may be claimed within 12 months from the date of application submission in the original country.

Protection

The Protection shall be for 10 years from the submission date and is renewable for similar terms. Renewal must be made during the last year of protection term or within 3 months.

Requirements:

1. Power of Attorney, and if the applicant is outside the AUE, this POA shall be duly documented and ratified by AUE Embassy.
2. A copy of the Certificate of Incorporation or an extract of the Commercial Record
3. A copy of Trademark Registration Certificate in the original country, in case that the trademark is registered outside the country.

Trademark Control

Al Nawras providesa service to its clients by maintaining their trademarks from infringement by third parties where we constantly search of local markets for signs similar to those of our clients` marks, which other people may exploit the reputation of those trademarks. If there is evidence of any infringement, it is to provide recommendations and what needs to be done in order to protect the trademark infringement and violation and follow-up it before relevant authorities.

How to choose trademarks

The trademark or as it is commercially knownas a motto orlogo is considered as one of the most important factors for success and marketing for any company to customers and clients in the markets and across social networking and internet sites. It is important thing that will enhance customers` confidence and to be kept in their minds without pronouncing the same company name.

We guide our clients towards the success of their business reputations. Accordingly, we provide them with some of important basics and tips in terms of choosing their brands.

1. Choose a new unique brand, logo or motto to be distinguished in the market.
2. Choose a simple and  meaningful symbol that reflects the company activity
3. Use eye-catching colors that are suitable for the market and the good you target. Avoid over-colors as it is not good for eyes. Be aware that each age category has its own favored colors, such as:

• If you are targetingchildren, use bright and cheerfulcolors.
• If you are targeting men, use high-end, black, brown, graycolors.
• If you are targeting women, use those bright red and attractive colors

1. Use a simple slogan without a lot of details
2. You can introduce some artistic touches to a logo in a new and distinctive way.
3. Some logos may prefer to put signs out for attracting the attention of eye of the beholder.
4. You can also give up the idea of using texts or art forms and replace them with a simple symbol, image, or even an icon associated with your company activity- for example, as seen in Twitter, it used only the blue bird, which indicates the purpose of the site 100%.

Domain Registration

Currently, domain names are an important part in the structure of any company. Therefore,Al Nawrasoffer domain registration servicethrough qualified and highly experienced professionals in this field, which are registered and certified companies at the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN); one of the leading companies to register generic top-level domain names (gTLDs) and the names of ountry code top-level domain(ccTLDs). Al Nawrasalso provides a full range of related services such as design and website development with high and competitive standards including administration, registration, renewal and transfer.

Patent Registration

Patent is the exclusive right to use or sell a new invention resulting from an innovative idea or improvement of an invention, provided that such invention is based on principles of scientific and industrial application. When granting a patent for this process, any direct product of such a process is also subject to protection.

Applicant

It is any normal person, persons, inventor /second, other party that being a natural person and / or companies,or a corporate body, and the inventor name is mandatory.

Priority

Claimer`s priority is may be within 12 months from the date of original registration in the original country.

Patent Application Drafting

We provide our clients witha complete study and conception as well as a highly professional vision in this field; elements of protection and full description of the invention to be drafted and the drawings in a harmony with the various patent laws in the world, through qualified professionals and highly trained expertise.

We do our best to speed up the screening procedures at the national patent offices; so we offer our customers the following: analysis of research reports: to find any granted patents for the desired applications that are in effect at the national patent offices.

- Amendments of protection elements: to make the application in conformity with the national patents laws.

- Follow-up screening process: to complete "authentication process" through the issuance of a granted patent.

Infringement

The patent owner has the right to utilize his invention for himself or the one that was authorized for this purpose. He is also entitled to prevent others from manufacturing, importing, selling, and offering for sale of the product under a patent, without his consent. He may refer a criminal case file to appropriate authorities, and civil case to a civil court because of the infringement.He has to stop infringement of the law, stop the violation of goods and seek compensation for damages and losses.

Anyone whoimitates an invention, method of manufacture, and an element of knowledge elements, or any of the rights protected under the law, will be punishable by imprisonment and / or a fine, as well as confiscation of infringing goods.

Requirements

1. Power of Attorney (if the applicant is outside the UAEwill ratifythe document from the UAE Embassy)
2. If the application is submitted by a company, it will provide a copy of the certificate of incorporation or an extract of the Commercial Register
3. If the applicant is not the inventor, he will provide a waiver instrument (if the applicant is outside the UAE,submitted documents will be ratified from UAE Embassy).
4. Two copies of the specifications and requirements
5. Two groups of drawings, if any
6. Summary about the invention of no more than 200 words, with its benefit including a translation and illustration (brief description);
7. Applicant`s name, address and nationality
8. A certified copy of the Priority document / documents showing the date of submission

Documents mentioned in items 1, 2, 3, 8 can be submitted later within 90 days after submission date and to be submitted in both Arabic and English languages.

Industrial Designs:

What is the industrial design?

Industrial design is the ornamental or aesthetic appearance of the commodity. It may consist of 3D elements such as cars, watches, appliances and parts, crafts designs (industrial models), or 2D elements, such as patterns, lines or colors used in some products such as carpets, textile and clothing (industrial designs).

-          What are the consequences of industrial designs Protection?

The owner of the registered industrial design has the right to prevent others from manufacturing, selling, or importing products bearing the protected design.

-          How industrial designis protected?

Industrial design must be registered in order to be protected under the Industrial Design Act.

-          What is the difference between the right of industrial design and patent?

Industrial design right protects only the shape or aesthetic appearance of the commodity, while a patent protects an invention which provides a technical solution to a certain problem.

Registration of intellectual works (Copyright)

Copyright is a legal term describing rights granted to creators in terms of literary and artistic works. The copyright covers a wide range of workbooks ranges from books, music, paintings, sculptures,movies to computer programs, databases, advertisements, maps and technical drawings.

What are the works that can be protected

The following are, in general, common works protected by copyright in all parts of the world:

• Written literary works such as novels, poems, plays and essays
• Computer programs and databases
• Movies, music
• Artistic works such as paintings, drawings and photographs
• Architectural works
• Geographical maps
• Derivative works, without prejudice to the protection prescribed to workbooks derived from.

What are the copyright

There are two types of rights granted under copyright:

• Financial exploitation rights
• Literary rights

The rights owner can use the associated financial rights of a work by allowing or preventing the following acts:

• Reproducing the work in various forms, such as phonogram orpublishing
• Performing of the workbook before the public, as in plays or musical works
• Broadcastingthrough radio, cable, or satellite
• Translating it into other languages
• Convertingit from a narrative story to a film, for example,

One of examples of kind rights widely recognized is the right to claim paternity of the workbook, and the right to object over the changes to the workbook that may harm the reputation of the creator.

What is the symbol © Can it be recorded?

In ancient times, some countries have legislation requiring the copyright owner to comply with certain formalities in order to obtain copyright protection. Such proceduresincluded to insert a statement indicates that there is a party claims ownership of the copyright, and it can be done by using the symbol ©, for example. Now only a few countries that impose such formalities regarding copyright, and therefore the use of those symbols is no longer a legal requirement. However, many of the copyright owners still include such symbol as a way to confirm that the workbook is protected by copyright and rights reserved, unlike what a less restrictive licensing allows.

Protection of intellectual property rights against infringement

We track works and express an opinion and advice when any infringement of the rights of the workbook such as illegal copying is situated.

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