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Gaza Strip Address
Tel: +97082136284
Fax: +97082130770
Contact Person: Khalid Aidi
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Street Address
Hay El Jenina, El Jamaa Street Nour El Islam Building, First Floor Rafah, Gaza Strip, Palestine
General Information
- Classification - 10th edition — Single class filing. class 33 and alcoholic goods in class 32 cannot be registed
- Search - Possible for word and device marks
- Examination - Formality, substantive and relative grounds
- Opposition period - 3 months from publication date
- Extension of time - Not possible for filing oppositions, counter oppositions, and responding to office actions
- Term of protection -7 years from filing date and renewable for periods of 14 years each
- Use -Mark vulnerable to cancellation by any interested parties if there is no effective use of the mark for a period of 5 years preceding date of filing for cancellation
Filing Requirements
- Power of Attorney notarized or attested by the Chamber of Commerce
Renewal
- Power of Attorney notarized or attested by the Chamber of Commerce
Assignment
- Deed of Assignment signed by both Assignor and Assignee duly legalized by the Palestinian Consulate.
- Power of Attorney legalized by the Palestinian Consulate.
Change of name/address
- Power of Attorney, in the new name and/or address, duly legalized by the Palestinian Consulate.
- Certificate of Change of Name and/or Address duly legalized by the Palestinian Consulate.
General Information
- Search - Not available.
- Examination – Formality and patentability.
- Publication -Patents are published in the IP Bulletin issued by the Patent Office after grant.
- Opposition period - 60 days from grant and publication.
- Annuities - Paid annually on the anniversary of the filing date and payable before the expiration of the 4th, 8th, and 12th years, as from filing date. A grace period of 3 months for late payment of annuities is allowed with an extra charge.
- Term of protection - 16 years from filing date.
- Exploitation - Not Moandatory.
Filing Requirements
- Power of Attorney legalized by the Palestinian Consulate.
- Certificate of Incorporation or Extract of commercial Register, duly legalized by the Palestinian Consulate.
- Copy of the home Patent letter/certificate.
- 3 copies of the specifications in English with Arabic translation.
- 3 sets of formal drawings.
Renewal
- Power of Attorney legalized by the Palestinian Consukate.
Assignment
- Deed of Assignment signed by both Assignor and Assignee, duly legalized by the Palestinian Consulate.
- Power of Attorney legalized by the Palestinian Consulate.
License
- Copy of the License Agreement.
General Information
- Term of protection - 5 years from filing date
- Examination - Formality only
- Application with multiple figures - Unacceptable
- Opposition period - 60 days from publication date
- Renwal - Allowed for two conecutive terms of 5 years each
Filing Requirements
- Power of Attorney duly legalized by the Palestinian Consulate.
- Extract from Commercial Register or Articles of Incorporation, if the applicant is a corporate body, also legalized by the Palestinian Consulate. (Separate document for each territory)
- Three representations of the design. (Separate prints for each territory).
- Representations of each different side of the design, if the design is three dimensional.
- Brief description of the design.
Renwal
- A Power of Attorney legalized by the Palestinian Consulate.
Assignment
- Deed of Assignment signed by both Assignor and Assignee, duly legalized by the Palestinian Consulate.
- Power of Attorney legalized by the Palestinian Consulate.
License
- Copy of the License Agreement
- No statutory laws on copyright are operational in Gaza Strip
Membership Of International Bodies
WIPO Treaties
WIPO Convention, since May 1982. Paris Convention (Industrial Property), since March 2004. Berne Convention (Literary and Artistic Works), since March 2004.WTO ObserverOther Member of UCC since April 1994. Member of the Patent Office of the Gulf Cooperation Council, since its inception December 1992.ADD_CONTENT_HERE
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Deed Of Assignments (DS)
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