1. Marks for goods
2. Marks for services
3. Series marks
4. Quality control or sounds marks
5. Collective marks

Protection period:

• 10 years from application filling date.

Cancellation Action:

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

Requirements:

• Power of attorney duly notarized by the consulate of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
• Certified copy of priority is claimed.

Protection period: 20 years from the application filling date.

Requirements:

• Power of attorney duly notarized by the consulate of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• Copy of certificate of incorporation or company commercial register extract.
• Dead of assignment (if the applicant is not the inventor) signed by both parties.
• Certified copy of the priority document (if claiming priority).

Drawings

Period of protection:

10 years from the application filling date.

Requirements:

• Power of attorney duly notarized by the consulate of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• Copy of certificate of incorporation or company commercial register extract.
• Dead of assignment (if the applicant is not the inventor) signed by both parties.
• Certified copy of the priority document (if claiming priority).

1. Literary works
2. reference works
3. artistic works
4. computer software and databases
5. Architectural works
6. Geographical maps
7. Technical drawing
8. Engineering plans and layout

Period of protection:

• 50 years after the authors death.

Requirements:

• Notarized declaration from the author to the applicant (if the applicant is not the author).

IP treaties:

• Paris convention
• WIPO convention
• Patent law treaty
• PCT (Patent cooperation treaty)
• Berne Convention
• Marrakesh VIP treaty

GCC treaty