United Arab Emirates: Filing Requirements in the UAE

Please note that all Powers of Attorney should be completed in the name of the following signatory: Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property - TMP Agents United Arab Emirates

1.A power of attorney duly legalized up to the Consulate of the United Arab Emirates.

2.Eighteen self-adhesive prints of the trademark/service mark.

3.A certified and legalized copy of the home/foreign application/registration, if priority is claimed.

1.A power of attorney duly legalized up to the Consulate of the United Arab Emirates.

2.The original certificate of registration of the trademark for endorsement purposes.

1.A power of attorney executed by the assignee and duly legalized up to the Consulate of the U.A.E.

2.A duly legalized deed of assignment executed by both parties.

3. A legalized copy of the certificate of incorporation or extract from the commercial register of the assignee company.

1.A power of attorney executed by the licensee and duly legalized up to the Consulate of the U.A.E.

2.A duly legalized license agreement executed by both parties.

3.A legalized copy of the certificate of incorporation or extract from the commercial register of the licensee company.

1.A power of attorney in the new name and/or address duly legalized up to the Consulate of the U.A.E.

2.A legalized certificate proving the change of name or address issued by the local competent authority of the applicant's domicile.

1.A power of attorney duly legalized up to the UAE Consulate.

2.A duly legalized extract from the Commercial Register or from the Memorandum of Association if the applicant is a company or body corporate.

3.One copy of the specification and claims together with its Arabic translation.

4.One set of the drawings relating to the invention, if any.

5.An abstract of the invention of no more than 200 words, together with the best explanatory diagram.

6.A duly legalized deed of assignment signed by the inventor, if the applicant is not the inventor.

7.A certified copy of the application giving the filing date, number and country if the application is to be filed with a priority claim.

1.A power of attorney duly legalized up to the UAE Consulate.

2.A duly legalized extract from the Commercial Register or from the Memorandum of Association if the applicant is a company or body corporate.

3.Two copies of the model or design if it is two-dimensional or two copies of each view thereof, if it is three-dimensional.

4.A duly legalized deed of assignment signed by the inventor, if the applicant is not the inventor.

5.A certified copy of the priority document if it is to be claimed.

1.Statement containing full description of the work.

2.Identification documents of the applicant, in case the applicant is not the author of the work or if the application is procured by an agent.

3.Written declaration by the author, or his heirs, upon his death, evidencing his or their ownership of the work.

4.Written statement made by the author, or his heirs, upon his death, determining the way chosen by the author for publication of the work, or by his heirs, if the author did not state in his will another way of publication.

5.Rights in exploiting the work according to Article (37) and (32) of the Law, if the application has been filed by the assignee.

6.Written permission from the original author or his heirs, upon his death, if the subject work is deviated from the original work in any way whatsoever, in a manner which makes it look novel according to Article (5) of the law.

7.The contract concluded between the author and natural or legal person under whose instructions and name the work was produced and published in accordance with the provision of Article (24), if the application was filed by the said person.

8.A certificate of entry in the register of commercial agencies at the Ministry of Economy and Commerce in case there is a local agent in the country for the foreign product.

9.A certificate from the Censorship Department at the Ministry approving the work in accordance with the provisions of the Printing of the Publication Law.

10.Ten copies of the work that could be reproduced through printing or any other means.

The documents in items (2), (3), (4), (5), (6) and (7) must be legalized up to the United Arab Emirates Consulate and accompanied with an Arabic translation in case the text is produced in any other language. This is in addition to item No. (1). Applications can be filed if attached to the documents mentioned in items (1), (9) and (10) if the applicant undertakes to submit the remaining documents required.

1.A power of attorney legalized up to the Consulate of UAE.

2.For individual merchants , two copies of the following :

a)The commercial permit.

b)The entry in the commercial register.

c)The commercial agency agreement duly legalized up to the Consulate of United Arab Emirates

d)The Arabic translation duly notarized if the agency contract is not in the Arabic language.

e)The agent's entry or identification card.

f)The powers of attorney duly notarized.

g)Two copies of the declaration.

1.The originals have to be shown for checking when submitting the application.

2.The application is to be submitted in two copies each one in a separate file.

3.For companies

a) All that was mentioned above in No. 2 and extracts of entries for all the partners or certificates from the Migration, Nationality and Passports Department stating that they are nationals.

b) Two copies of the Memorandum of Association and Articles of Incorporation duly legalized.

The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about your specific circumstances.

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