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Jan 20, 2016 (Newsletter Issue 1/16)
Kuwait
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Official Fees Increased


The Kuwaiti Ministry of trade and industry has published the Ministrial Decision No.500 of 2015 in the Official Gazette of Kuwait (Al-Kuwait Al-Youm) issue No.1268 dated December 27, 2015 approving the GCC Trade Mark Law and its Implementing Regulations which has come into effect as of December 28, 2015.

The new official fees will be imposed as of January 1, 2016. The new official fees will cover all trademarks matters filed subsequent to the date January 1, 2016 as well as retroactively for pending trademark applications as regards to their publication and registration fees. A copy of the new official charges as published in the official Gazette can be seen here

The official fee for filing a trademark is now USD 264 for one class. The new fee for publication and registration is USD 1,586.

Source: JAH & Co. IP, Qatar