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Mai 02, 2013 (Newsletter Issue 6/13)
Iraq
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Legal Protection of TMs in Kurdistan


There are two options of obtaining legal protection through registration of trademarks in Kurdistan Iraq which are summarized as follows:

1. If the trademark is already registered in Iraq and the owner of the mark wishes to extend its protection to Kurdistan region an official letter should be issued by the Iraqi Trademarks Registrar in Baghdad and addressed to the Registrar of Trademarks in Kurdistan furnishing him with the complete details of the concerned trademark filed in Iraq with a report on its latest status as registered in order protect the mark and accredit its registration under Kurdistan jurisdiction.

2. For trademarks which are not originally registered in Iraq an application for registration of the mark should be submitted directly to the Trademarks registrar in Kurdistan with the following documents:

1. A power of attorney duly legalized up to an Iraqi consulate abroad as per enclosed format.
2. A certified copy of registration certificate of the trademark in the home country.
3. An extract from the commercial register or incorporation certificate of the trademark both legalized up to an Iraqi consulate abroad.

As alternative to document no. 2 in its absence, a certified copy of any document attesting that the applicant company is authorized to manufacture the goods intended to be included in the trademark application which needs to be also legalized up to an Iraqi conflate abroad.

The trademark application takes 6 – 8 months to be finally registered as from filing date to obtaining final registration certificate thereof.

Source: JAH & Co. IP, Doha, Qatar