About Bahrain
Bahrain is an Arab island state in the Arabian Gulf, and its capital is Manama. Its population, in the 2010 census, was approximately 1,713,820 of whom almost 30% of are non-citizens. Petroleum production and processing are Bahrain’s most exported products, this represents 60% of export revenues and 70% of the government revenues, and 11% of GDP. Aluminum production is the second most exported product, followed by finance and building materials.
Membership of IP Treaties
- Berne Convention
- Budapest Treaty
- Nice Agreement
- Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
- Rome Convention
- WIPO Convention
- WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
- Brussels Convention
- Madrid Protocol
- Paris Convention
- Patent Law Treaty
- Trademark Law Treaty
- WIPO Copyright Treaty
- TRIPS Agreement
2021
New Year’s Day Sun, Jan 3
Labor Day Sun, May 2
Eid al-Fitr May 12 – 13
Day of Arafat Jul 18 – 19
Eid al-Adha Jul 19 – 22
Islamic New Year Aug 8 – 9
Ashura Aug 17 – 19
Prophet’s Birthday Oct 18 – 19
National Day Thu, Dec 16
Independence Day Dec 16 – 17
IP Laws
Copyrights Law AR
Industrial Design Law AR
Patents Law AR
Trademarks Law AR
GCC IP Law
Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism
Ministry of Justice , Islamic Affairs and Waqf
Bahrain Chamber of Commerce & Industry - BCCI
Filing Trade/Service Mark Application
- A Power of Attorney, duly legalized by Apostille or the Bahraini Consulate.
- An Extract from the Commercial Register of the applicant or a Certificate of Incorporation (reflecting to company activity), duly legalized by Apostille or the Bahraini Consulate.
- A certified copy of the priority document. (If any)
- Prints of the mark.5.In case of sound mark, musical note composition of the sound mark in MP3 format.
Trademark Assignment
- A power of attorney from the assignee legalized by apostille or the Bahraini consulate.
- A deed of assignment duly legalized by apostille or up to the Bahraini consulate.
- An extract from the commercial register or a certificate of incorporation of the assignee, also legalized by apostille or up to the Bahraini consulate.
Trademark Recordal of Change of Name or Address
- A power of attorney duly legalized by apostille or up to the Bahraini consulate reflecting the new name or address.
- A certificate of change of name or address duly legalized by apostille or up to the Bahraini consulate.
Recordal of License Agreement
- A power of attorney duly legalized by apostille or the Bahraini consulate.
- A license document duly legalized by apostille or the Bahraini consulate.
Recordal of Merger
- A power of attorney duly legalized by apostille or the Bahraini consulate.
- A merger document duly legalized by apostille or the Bahraini consulate.
Recordal of Mortgage
- A power of attorney duly legalized by apostille or the Bahraini consulate.
- A merger document duly legalized by apostille or the Bahraini consulate.
Recordal of Change of Local Agent
- Legalized POA in case we are not the local agent.
Trademark Renewal
- A power of attorney duly legalized by apostille or the Bahraini consulate (in case we are not the local agent).
Trademark Search
- A description of trademark .
Trademark Cancellation
- Legalized POA in case we are not the local agent.
Trademark Re-Classification
- Legalized POA in case we are not the local agent.
National Patent Application (PARIS Agreement)
- A notarized power of attorney (If the applicant is Bahraini nationality or resident), A power of attorney duly legalized by apostille or the Bahraini consulate (If the applicant non resident).
- A deed of assignment from the inventor(s), duly legalized by apostille or the Bahraini consulate (notarized for resident).
- An extract from the applicant’s entry on the commercial register or articles of incorporation.
- The priority document. If the said document is in a language other than English, an English and a certified Arabic translation of the same must be provided thereof.
- Specification, abstract, claims and drawings in English, together with a certified Arabic translation.
- Certificate of deposit of microorganism culture if the application is related to microorganisms.
- Documents indicating that the inventor got the genetic resource or traditional knowledge legally (if the application is related to genetic resources or traditional knowledge).
PCT Patent Application
- A notarized power of attorney by apostille or the Bahraini consulate.
- A deed of assignment from the inventor(s), duly legalized by apostille or the Bahraini consulate.
- Specification, abstract, claims and drawings in English, together with a certified Arabic translation.
- PCT documents publication sheet and search and examination reports (optional).
- Certificate of deposit of microorganism culture if the application is related to microorganisms.
- Documents indicating that the inventor got the genetic resource or traditional knowledge legally (if the application is related to genetic resources or traditional knowledge).
PATENT Assignment
- A power of attorney from the assignee duly legalized by apostille or the Bahraini consulate.
- A deed of assignment duly legalized by apostille or the Bahraini consulate.
Responding to Substantive Examination Letters
- Legalized POA in case we are not the local agent.
Patent Drafting
- Legalized POA in case we are not the local agent.
Transfer of Ownership
- A power of attorney duly legalized by apostille or the Bahraini consulate.
- A deed of assignment duly legalized by apostille or the Bahraini consulate.
Recordal of Change of Name or Address
- A power of attorney duly legalized by apostille or up to the Bahraini consulate reflecting the new name or address.
- A certificate of change of name or address duly legalized by apostille or up to the Bahraini consulate.
Recordal of License Agreement
- A power of attorney duly legalized by apostille or the Bahraini consulate.
- A license document duly legalized by apostille or the Bahraini consulate.
Recordal of Merger
- A power of attorney duly legalized by apostille or the Bahraini consulate.
- A merger document duly legalized by apostille or the Bahraini consulate.
Recordal of Mortgage
- A power of attorney duly legalized by apostille or the Bahraini consulate.
- A mortgage document duly legalized by apostille or the Bahraini consulate.
Recordal of Change of Local Agent
- Legalized POA in case we are not the local agent.
Filing for a Compulsory License
- Legalized POA in case we are not the local agent.
Patent Annuity
- Legalized POA in case we are not the local agent.
Provisional Protection
- Legalized POA in case we are not the local agent.
Patent Cancellation
- Legalized POA in case we are not the local agent .
Filing a Design Application
- A power of attorney duly legalized by apostille or the Bahraini consulate.
- A deed of assignment from the designer (s), duly legalized by apostille or the Bahraini consulate.
- An extract from the applicant’s entry on the commercial register or articles of incorporation, or association, also legalized by apostille or the Bahraini consulate.
- A certified copy of the priority document. If the said document is in a language other than English, an
English translation of the same must be provided thereof.
Recordal of Change of Name or Address
- A power of attorney duly legalized by apostille or the Bahraini consulate reflecting the new name or address.
- A certificate of change of name or address duly legalized by apostille or the Bahraini consulate.
Design Assignment
- A power of attorney from the assignee duly legalized by apostille or the Bahraini consulate.
- A deed of assignment duly legalized by apostille or the Bahraini consulate.
- An extract from the commercial register or certificate of incorporation of the applicant, duly legalized
by apostille or the Bahraini consulate.
Design Annuity
- Legalized POA in case we are not the local agent.
Design Cancellation
- Legalized POA in case we are not the local agent.
Recordal of Change of Local Agent
- Legalized POA in case we are not the local agent.
Recordal of Mortgage
- A power of attorney duly legalized by apostille or the Bahraini consulate.
- A mortgage document duly legalized by apostille or the Bahraini consulate.
Recordal of Merger
- A power of attorney duly legalized by apostille or the Bahraini consulate.
- A merger document duly legalized by apostille or the Bahraini consulate.
Recordal of License Agreement
- A power of attorney duly notarized and legalized by Apostille or the Bahraini consulate from any party the assignor or the assignee.
- A license document or certified copy duly notarized and legalized by apostille or the Bahraini consulate.
Filing a Utility Model Application
- A power of attorney, duly legalized by apostille or the Bahraini consulate.
- A deed of assignment from the inventor(s), duly legalized by apostille or the Bahraini consulate.
- Specification, abstract, claims and drawings in English, together with a certified Arabic translation.
Recordal of Change of Name or Address
- A power of attorney duly legalized by apostille or up to the Bahraini consulate reflecting the new name or address.
- A certificate of change of name or address duly legalized by apostille or up to the Bahraini consulate.
Recordal of License Agreement
- A power of attorney duly legalized by apostille or up to the Bahraini consulate reflecting the new name or address.
- A license document (in Arabic language) duly legalized by apostille or up to the Bahraini consulate.
Recordal of Merger
- A power of attorney duly legalized by apostille or the Bahraini consulate.
- A merger document duly legalized by apostille or the Bahraini consulate.
Recordal of Mortgage
- A power of attorney duly legalized by apostille or the Bahraini consulate.
- A mortgage document duly legalized by apostille or the Bahraini consulate.
Assignment
- A power of attorney from the assignee duly legalized by apostille or the Bahraini consulate.
- A deed of assignment duly legalized by apostille or the Bahraini consulate.
Recordal of Change of Local Agent
- Legalized POA in case we are not the local agent.
Utility Model Cancellation
- Legalized POA in case we are not the local agent.
Utility Model Annuity
- Legalized POA in case we are not the local agent.
Filing a Copyright Application
- A power of attorney duly legalized by apostille or the Bahraini consulate.
- An extract from the commercial register or certificate of incorporation of the applicant , duly legalized by apostille or the Bahraini consulate.
- A copy of the work .
- Deed of assignment in case the applicant is not the author, duly legalized by apostille or the Bahraini consulate.
Filing a Domain Name Application
- A written request in the letterhead of the applicant requesting the registration of the domain name.
- A power of attorney duly notarized and legalized by apostille or the Bahraini consulate.
- A copy of extract from the commercial register or certificate of incorporation of the applicant.
Recordal of Change of Local Agent
- Legalized POA in case we are not the local agent.