One more time, Senior Associate of Alsuwaidi & Company, Mr. Rajiv Suri achieved another milestone with his article “Registration of Smell Marks”. It has been recently published in Intellectual Property Expert Guide – CorporateLiveWire – a prestigious UK based publication featuring contributions from industry experts from around the globe covering varied topics, such as regulatory …
H.H. Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan – the United Arab Emirates (“UAE”) President, recently issued the Decree by Law No. (41) of (2022), concerning the Civil Personal Status Code. The provisions of this Decree shall apply to the non-Muslims in the UAE who are UAE Citizens and to non-Muslim Foreigners residing therein. The Decree …
Scent trademark registration – The new trademarks law i.e., Federal Decree-Law no. (36) of 2021 in UAE now specifically provides for registration of “smell” marks considering that the definition of “trademark” under Article (2) of the said law has been widened to include such a mark. There are very few countries in the world which …
The United Arab Emirates, over the years, has improved upon legislations and their effectiveness from the perspective of enforcement landscape involving intellectual property rights of legitimate owners. There are various forums available within the UAE which can be availed of by the rightful owners to enforce their intellectual property rights. Rajiv Suri, Senior Associate at …
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