Type of Trademarks:

1. Visual mark- non-visual mark
2. Collective mark
3. Control and inspection mark
4. The mark of public welfare bodies or professional institutions.

Term for protection:

• 10 years from (application date).
• Renewed within 12 months before expiry.

Cancellation Action:

Non use of the trademark within 5 years from the registration date.

Requirements:

• Power of attorney
• A copy of the mark figurative
• Certificate of incorporation or company commercial register extract.
• Certified copy of the priority document if the priority is claimed.

Opposition requirements:

• Power of attorney
• Attach two copies of any documents supporting the opposition.
• (English translation of the opposition letter) in case the opposition is for international trademark.

Term for protection:

• 20 years starting from the application filling date.

Requirements:

• Power of attorney
• Certificate of incorporation or company commercial register extract.
• Deed of assignments (if the applicant is not the inventor) signed by both parties.
• Priority document (if the priority is claimed).

Opposition:

• Power of attorney
• Priority document (if the priority is claimed).
• Any additional helpful documents.

Type of design:

1. Drawings
2. Models

Term for protection:

• 10 years starting from the application filling date.

Requirements:

• Power of attorney
• Copy of certificate of incorporation or company commercial register extract.
• Documents that state that the applicant has the right to register the industrial design or model.
• Certificate of temporary protection of the industrial design (if any).

70 years after the authors death.

Requirements:

• Power of attorney
• Copy of certificate of incorporation of or company commercial register extract.
• Dead of assignment (if the applicant is not the author) signed by both parties.

IP Treaties: (Bahrain joined):

• Paris Convention
• Nice agreement
• Berne convention
• Patent law treaty
• WIPO copyright treaty
• Brussels convention
• Trademark law treaty
• Rome convention
• PCT (Patent cooperation treaty)
• Madrid protocol
• WIPO convention
• WIPO performances and Phonograms treaty
• Budapest treaty
• GCC Treaty