Turkey: New TÜRKPATENT Fees: Effective January 1, 2026, TÜRKPATENT has implemented an approximate 20–25% increase in official fees across several IP services: The following table…
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2025 IP Landscape Review: Key Legislative & Procedural Changes Across MENA
The year 2025 has been marked by rapid evolution in the IP landscape across the Middle East and the broader African continent. This comprehensive transformation…
IP jurisdictional updates: Sudan and Maldives
Sudan: Relocation and Temporary Suspension of the Trademark Office Please be advised that the Registrar General of Intellectual Property in Sudan has announced the immediate…
Nepal Trademark File Reconstruction, Saudi-WIPO Cooperation Agreement, Anticipated TÜRKPATENT Fee Increase, and Indonesian Patent Working Declaration
Nepal: Trademark File Reconstruction Notice Kindly note that the Department of Industry (DoI) in Nepal has published on December 1, 2025, a notice concerning all…
IP Jurisdictional Updates in Qatar, Tanzania and Turkey
Filing Industrial Designs and Models in Qatar The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) in Qatar has officially announced the commencement of the physical…
IP Jurisdictional Updates in Qatar, UAE, Egypt & Oman
Qatar: Revised Individual Fee Amounts for Trademark Applications and Renewals under the Madrid Protocol – Effective November 9, 2025 We wish to inform you…
Global IP Updates: Qatar, Yemen- Aden, UAE, Kuwait, Kenya and Nepal
Yemen-Aden: special requirements for trademark registration in class 05 The Trademark Office in Yemen-Aden has implemented a new, strict requirement for processing trademark applications…
Jurisdictional Updates: Bahrain-Japan PPH, Russia (Rospatent) Fee Revisions, and IP Office Suspensions (Nepal/Kenya)
Bahrain and Japan Sign MoU to Launch Patent Prosecution Highway Program The Kingdom of Bahrain and Japan have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)…
Tanzania & Qatar: Key Changes to Trademark Regulations
Tanzania: The Fair Competition Commission (FCC) has issued a public notice announcing the commencement of a mandatory trademark rights recordation system for all goods imported…
JAH Jurisdictional Updates: Ghana, Lebanon and Nigeria
Ghana: POA issuance formalities The Industrial Property Office of Ghana has observed that several submitted POAs do not comply with the Powers of Attorney…