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Jul 12, 2016 (Newsletter Issue 13/16)
Afghanistan
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Suggested Procedure on Single Class Applications


The General Director of Central Business Registry & Intellectual Property sent an official suggestion letter to the Ministry of Commerce and Industries which includes the following:

- Each trademark in each class should be registered via a standalone application and multiple class applications will not be accepted.
- Registration fee, application fee and classification fee should be deposited by the applicant at the time of filing the application in a single payment.
- Validity of distributorship certificates should not exceed from one year, in case, if the validity of distribution contract is for more than one year then the distributorship certificate should be renewed after one year following the registration date.
- The handwriting system should be changed to a modern and computerized system.

Further, the Office informed verbally that renewal and recordals of the trademarks which have been registered via multiple class applications will be renewed and recorded via multiple class applications. Also, pending applications will follow the old system.

Source: JAH & Co. IP, Qatar