Q: I have a company in the UAE. How can I register a logo? What is the cost?

Q: Online social community - start-up (seed stage). Myself and 3 of my partners are currently finalizing investors proposal (pitch deck) to raise funding capital. Prior approaching investors, we wanted to enquire about intellectual property protection and copyrights. Wanted to get an understanding of how this can be done here in UAE for it to be valid on a global level and how much would it cost. We are looking for brand logo copyright registration, user design/experience copyright registration and potential the idea itself. Would be great to get your advice. Many thanks, Aziz

Q: Hello. For an online portal similar to Dubizzle, Souq.com, Jadopado (major difference being instead of buying and selling, people will be renting stuff), what would be the class to select when applying for Trademark protection? and which services should be selected from this class? Thank you.

Q: Which organisations are responsible for trademark and copyright registration in UAE? I am looking to register the trademark for my company but I am not sure where to start.

Q: I have a company in a free zone and I am in propose of setting up a B2C site for a client. How can I protect my site/logo? What is the difference between symbol R and TM, which one should I do and how much does it cost?

Q: Hi, We are a UK company that is expanding our sales into the UAE and we would like a quote for getting a trademark to cover our product there. We have a trademark granted for Europe for our logo, our name and the term Subsound - https://euipo.europa.eu/eSearch/#details/owners/664820 We also have a registered trademark covering our design. In the USA we have a trademark granted on our logo and the term Subsound and we expect to have a trademark granted on our name within a couple of months. Please let me know what further information you require in order to give us a quote for getting a trademark in the UAE? You can contact me on grainne.ryan@cocoon.life or +44(0) 7954 130662 This is an urgent request so I would appreciate a speedy reply. Thanks

Q: I am starting a new Italian Apparel brand which will be sold through eCommerce. I will be dealing with designers as freelancers and manufacturing companies based in Italy. I would need advice on the below: Where can I register the trademark of the company logo? I also want to be the sole owner of the bought designs, shall I register these as trademarks also? For the above, I need help drafting agreements with the designers, out of the UAE, that also states a non-disclosure clause. Also, I will sign agreements with manufacturers located in Italy. Which court will govern these agreements? Will the registered trademarks have a territory limitation? Since the business is online, design can easily be copied. I am building my online platform and will need legal advice regarding the privacy of the data which will be collected from customers, terms and conditions of the online platform and other risks that should be avoided.

Q: Hi. I am looking for help for 2 parts for our company: 1- We would like to register our company logo and brand services as a trademark 2- Once we have completed that, we would like to get certain misleading domain either cancelled or transferred to us through ICANN Please let us know the process here in the forum and cost in a Private Message. Then we can discuss in detail.

Q: Hi Younis, This is Weihua from China. We want to register a trademark in the UAE. We are from China, and we have a company in the UAE. So how much for the registration of a trademark in the UAE, and what do we need to provide you? Please email me back. Thank you very much!

Q: Hi, I own a free zone company and have activities like general trading, advertising, placement service and import/export. My question is can I have one main company logo and four different logos for individual activities for marketing purposes?

Q: Hi everyone, I have a free zone license which has four activities such as General Trading - Advertising - Import/Export - Placement services. My question is, can I have one logo for the main company license and have four different logos for each activity?

Q: Hi. I live in the UAE but basically, I am from Pakistan and doing business in the UAE. I want to register my trademark in the UAE. Can anyone guide me please about the cost, required documents, and period of time required?

Intellectual Property! The concept seems to some individuals to represent an ambiguous abstraction. To others it represents incongruity. But for many, without a doubt, Intellectual Property (IP) is a potent tool. IP is an intangible asset and is a legal concept for which rights are recognised for the human mind’s creativity. Under this specialised law, owners are granted rights to diverse intangible assets such as inventions, words, phrases, symbols, designs, artistic works and such.

As the need arose to create laws for the protection of personal properties like movable and immovable assets and regulation of transferring their rights of ownership, it had also become crucial to regulate the intellectual property rights as in artistic and literary works, inventions, companies' logos and products/services...etc. Seeking to protect such rights requires a basic knowledge about their origin and significance.

With the introduction of the new procedures for obtaining a power of attorney (POA) remotely in the UAE, after it was mandatory to appear in person in front of the notary public as a global rule to ensure the identity and intention of the person requesting a POA, we put between your hands this brief guide for how you get it done.

UAE Trademark Law creates the legal framework for the protection of registered trademarks in the UAE. The law includes the definition of trademark, signs that cannot be registered as trademarks, registration and cancellation procedures, sanctions for unlawful use of trademarks, and so on.

This Ministerial Decision regulates the implementation of the provisions of the UAE Trademark Law. It determines classes of goods and services and sets up the procedures for registration, renewal, modification, cancellation, licensing, transfer of ownership and mortgage of trademarks.

The provisions of this Federal Decree-Law, known as the "New Trademarks Law", govern Trademarks regulations in the United Arab Emirates. The New Trademarks Law repeals the previous UAE Trademarks Law (Federal Law No. (37) of 1992 Concerning Trademarks).