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
Laws-Bahrain
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.
- In case of sound mark, musical note composition of the sound mark in MP3 format.
– Trademark renewal
– A Power of Attorney duly legalized by Apostille or up to the Bahraini Consulate. (in case we are not the appointed agent).
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 up to the Bahraini Consulate reflecting the new name or address.
- A License document duly legalized by Apostille or up to the Bahraini Consulate.
Recordal of Merger
- A Power of Attorney duly legalized by Apostille or up to the Bahraini Consulate reflecting the new name or address.
- A Certificate of Merger duly legalized by Apostille or up to the Bahraini Consulate.
Recordal of Mortgage
- A Power of Attorney duly legalized by Apostille or up to the Bahraini Consulate reflecting the new name or address.
- A Certificate of Mortgage duly legalized by Apostille or up to the Bahraini Consulate.
Recordal of Change of Local Agent
- Leglized POA in case we are not the Local Agent.
Trademark Renewal
A Power of Attorney duly legalized by Apostille or up to the Bahraini Consulate reflecting the new name or address.
Trademark Search
A description of Trademark .
Trademark Cancellation
- Leglized POA in case we are not the Local Agent.
Trademark Re-Classification
- Leglized 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 nonresident). - 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
- Leglized POA in case we are not the Local Agent.
Patent Drafting
- Leglized POA in case we are not the Local Agent.
Transfer of Ownership
- Leglized POA & DOA as per Tariff.
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.
Recordal of Change of Local Agent
- Leglized POA in case we are not the Local Agent.
Filing for a Compulsory License
- Leglized POA in case we are not the Local Agent.
Patent Annuity
- Leglized POA in case we are not the Local Agent.
Provisional Protection
- Leglized POA in case we are not the Local Agent.
Patent Cancellation
- Leglized 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
- Leglized POA in case we are not the Local Agent.
Design Cancellation
- Leglized POA in case we are not the Local Agent.
Recordal of Change of Local Agent
- Leglized POA in case we are not the Local Agent.
Recordal of Mortgage
- A Power of Attorney duly legalized by Apostille or up to the Bahraini Consulate reflecting the new name or address.
- A Mortgage document duly legalized by Apostille or up to the Bahraini Consulate.
Recordal of Merger
- A Power of Attorney duly legalized by Apostille or up to the Bahraini Consulate reflecting the new name or address.
- A Merger document 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 duly legalized by Apostille or up to 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 Merger 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.
- An Extract from the Commercial Register or Certificate of Incorporation of the applicant, duly legalized by Apostille OR the Bahraini Consulate.
Recordal of Change of Local Agent
- Leglized POA in case we are not the Local Agent.
Utility Model Cancellation
- Leglized POA in case we are not the Local Agent.
Utility Model Annuity
- Leglized 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
- Leglized POA in case we are not the Local Agent.
