A crucial step for businesses looking to protect their brand identity and intellectual property rights in this dynamic UAE market is registering their trademarks. To maintain competition, and customers and avoid unauthorized use of the trademark by other businesses is why it is important for your business to have and safeguard its trademark.
Significance of Trademark Registration
Registering of trademarks ascertains the business’s credibility and gives it exclusive ownership of its identity.
There is protection by the Dubai Trademark Registration Office authority on registered trademarks.
Trademark registration intensifies the brand value of the business which will positively impact the perceived value.
What Trademarks Can Be Registered
In a bid to help distinguish one brand from another, and solidify your company’s identity, the following can be registered as trademarks;
- Names
- Words
- Signatures
- Titles
- Letters
- Figures
- Characters
- Seals
- Posters
- Engravings
- paintings or
- labels
What Cannot be Registered as Trademark
A trademark that comprises of prohibited content according to the UAE laws are not registrable such as;
- Violations of public morals and beliefs.
- Symbols in the public eye (such as flags).
- Red Cross and Red Crescent symbols, for example.
- Third-party names and titles.
- Other well-known trademarks translated directly.
Required Documents for Trademark Registration
You must keep these documents in hand before initiating the trademark application process as a business;
- Power of Attorney appointing eLegal Consultants to act and apply on your behalf.
- Sample of Trademark Design
- Copy of Passport of the Applicant
- Contact Details of the Applicant
- Copy of Trade License – In case of Corporate Application
- Artwork of the Brand Name or Logo
- List of Goods and Services to be protected
- Priority Document
- Trademark Registration Process in the UAE
- Trademark Search
Validity of Trademark Registration in the UAE10 years
The term of validity for a registered trademark is quite long as typically in the UAE, trademark registration is completely valid for a period of 10 years. Consequently, after the validity period of 10 years elapse, the business must renew its trademark registration.
Registering a trademark in the UAE requires a process that covers a spectrum of first starting a business and registering that business in the UAE. As a result, some procedures are to be followed to register a trademark.
Accomplishing this may be quite enormous to handle with the assistance of a legal practitioner. As one of the leading worldwide trademark registration experts in the UAE, you can reach out to us for a free consultation on how we can assist in registering your trademark.
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