IP UPDATES RELATED TO THE COVID_19 SITUATION 2021
| Country | Trademark & Patent Offices | Baianat IP Offices | Special Notes |
| GCC | Gulf Cooperation Council Patent Office (GCCPO) is fully operational, and all services continue to be available online. | Fully operational
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No extension on any deadlines .
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| Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | The Saudi Authority of Intellectual Property is fully operational. | Fully operational
saudi@baianat-ip.com |
No extension on any deadlines .
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| United Arab Emirates | UAE TMO & PTO Services are available online. They are operational, but the visits are restricted since the services are available online. | Fully operational
dubai@baianat-ip.com |
UAE authorities are fully operational. However, no meetings are allowed.
Notary public services resumed work, but the notary cannot be consulted before execution. Ministry of foreign affairs services are both online and direct. |
| Kuwait | Fully operational | Fully operational
Kuwait@baianat-ip.com |
TMO work in progress to accept all expired requests during the holiday (18 March – 30 June). |
| Bahrain | Fully operational
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Fully operational
bahrain@baianat-ip.com |
It is possible to submit a letter through the online records in order to explain the difficulties of legalization one day before the deadline, but the decision is left to the Registrar’s discretion. |
| Qatar | TMO and PTO are operating at 80% capacity. | Fully operational
qatar@baianat-ip.com |
New filing of a trademark and patent applications can be filed and pay online, however, filing of oppositions, renewals, appeals and other procedures should be applied personally in the TMO . |
| Oman | TMO and PTO are operating at 70% Capacity . only allowed two days weekly to proceed with TMO, PTO | Fully operational
oman@baianat-ip.com |
-All deadlines will be effective from 8th October 2020.
-Only filing new trademark application online |
| Jordan | Fully operational | Fully operational
Jordan@baianat-ip.com |
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| Lebanon | Partially operational | Fully operational
Lebanon@baianat-ip.com |
All deadlines (Renewals, annuities, priorities, documents submission) are now extended officially until 30-December-2021.
The Lebanese trademarks office is receiving the applications every Wednesday only, they have technical error in their systems and we are facing delay in filing the new trademark applications online. |
| Palestine (West Bank) | TMO are operating at 100% capacity.
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Fully Operational
palestine@baianat-ip.com
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No extension on any deadlines . |
| Palestine (Gaza Strip) | TMO is closed. | Fully Operational
gaza@baianat-ip.com |
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| Iraq | TMO and PTO are operating at 50% capacity from Sunday to Thursday. | Fully Operational
iraq@baianat-ip.com
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| Yemen | Fully operational | Fully Operational
Yemen@baianat-ip.com |
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| Egypt | Patent office: The Egyptian Patent Office is working online and on a restrained capacity as well.
Trademark and Designs Office: working on a restrained capacity. |
Fully Operational
egypt@baianat-ip.com |
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| Libya | Fully operational | Fully Operational
libya@baianat-ip.com |
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| Tunisia | The National Institute for Standardization and Industrial Property (INNORPI) is fully operational. | Fully Operational
tunisia@baianat-ip.com |
Deadlines won’t be extendable . |
| Algeria | The Algerian Institute of Intellectual Property (INAPI) is working on a 50% capacity. | Fully Operational
Jordan@baianat-ip.com |
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| Morocco | The Moroccan Trademark and Patent Office is working online and on a restrained capacity as well. | Fully Operational
morocco@baianat-ip.com |
All deadlines have resumed since the 10th.July.2020, however, the TMO and PTO are working on deadlines by priorities.
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| Turkey | Fully operational | Fully Operational
turkey@baianat-ip.com |
Due to workload and the precautions taken in order to reduce the spread of the disease, proceedings might be slower than usual. |
| Sudan | Fully operational | Fully operational
sudan@baianat-ip.com |
For any urgent enquiry, please contact us at
saudi@baianat-ip.com or +962 79860 5031