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Trademark Services

Your Brand Is Your Most Valuable Asset. It’s protection is essential.

To safeguard your brand against infringement and theft, we provide a simple and secure online registration process.

Our Trademark Services

Every business owner places a strong emphasis on brand protection. However, the procedure for registering a trademark, brand, or copyright in the Middle East, Asia, Africa, or Europe may be challenging, particularly for individuals who lack the necessary expertise or awareness of the requirements. Finding a skilled specialist with up-to-date knowledge of the market, relevant experience, and a thorough understanding of the procedures and requirements for firm trademark registration in the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and Europe is therefore both time- and money-efficient.

ABIP team of experts provides the essential paperwork, and the research any business owner needs to aid in the registration process with the least amount of effort exerted.

Given that a trademark should be the brand name from which any company derives its distinctive identification sign and recognition to be distinguished from competitors. Trademarks can be names, seals, letters, figures, symbols, images, colors, words, taglines (slogans), authorized software, unique applications, privately owned websites, shapes, or a combination of any of these. Therefore, trademark registration safeguards a company’s identity, ensures its uniqueness, nullifies attempts to use any comparable versions of it, safeguards the company’s reputation, and allows for the possibility of licensing franchise, or asset sales.

A trademark is one of the intellectual property forms. It is mainly coupled with the logo and the brand name of a certain business and its identity. Its registration is an act of preservation and right protection, guaranteeing the legality of such identity and acts completely in the sole interest of the business it is representing. Moreover, it protects future growth and potential expansions.

Trademark Registration

We have packages to cover registration of your trademark in all (7) GCC countries, including UAE, as well separately in each of GCC countries.

We can register your trademark in the following regions:

Madrid protocol under which, your trademark will be registered in all member countries and regions in a single filling, under single language and single set of fees;
Benelux Region: we can register you trademark in member counties in Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg.
OAPI Region: we can assist you to register your trademark in the African Intellectual Property Organization region, which covers the African French Speaking countries.
North & South America: we can assist you to register your trademark in any of the Countries in North America (the US and Canada) as well as South America Countries.
CTM: We can assist you to register your trademark as CTM: this region includes all countries (27 Country) of the European Union
GCC: we have packages to cover registration of your trademark in all of the (7) country the members of the GCC, including UAE.

Note: Protections for registered trademarks last for 10 years and can be renewed after that. You can choose to register your trademark and business identities in a single country or under any of the above-mentioned regions.

Our other trademark services

Trademark Enforcement

if a company tolerates the use of its trademarks by others, the company can lose its rights to the trademark altogether.

We can assist you with our watch services which cater for watching for any violation or infringing trademarks and activities in the market.
We can assist you with starting administrative procedures such as notarized cease and desist and lounging complaints before the concerned authorities.
We can assist you with market surveys and IP intelligence reports and anti-counterfeiting raids and enforcement and criminal prosecution procedure.

Branding Services

We can assist you to brand your business and protect your business identity:

We can assist you in your logo creation and trademark selection.
We can provide you with analysis and search for the strength of your brand.
We can provide you with brand protection consultation and guidance on your IP rights and assets and risk assessment and growth strategy for your brand.

Trademark Litigation

Is the process of filing and keeping the actual right of the trademark if there is any illegal & unauthorized use of your trademark and related intellectual property.

We can assist you with your dispute resolution strategies.
We can represent locally you and appoint lawyers and litigators to represent you internationally to act on your behalf before all types of courts.
We can assist you to execute judgment and award

Licensing & Franchising

Licensing and franchising are the two forms of business agreement s that involve licensing of your trademark and the common and shared use of your brand elements in the provision of services;

We can assist you in monetizing your brand through licensing and franchising schemes.
We can assist you in formulating of licensing and franchising strategies that suits your business interest.
We can draft the legal documents and assist in negotiating of business transaction with your potential business partner.

IP Expert Consultancy Report

Being one of the few IP Court Registered Expert, we cater for range of IP consultancy reports, such as, IP evaluation reports, IP dispute strategy reports, IP Expert Opinion, IP Expert Market Survey, IP Expert Litigation management Report and IP expert Report in ongoing litigations.

HOW IT WORKS

Our three-step smart registration process is simple and convenient.

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Step 1

Fill out our trademark registration form.

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Step 2

We look for direct conflicts in the federal trademark database.

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Step 3

After all paperwork is signed, we submit your application.

ABIP Works at all levels of Local and Federal Courts as an IP Expert.

We have established more than 25 Judicial Rules, that were well recognized and adopted by the higher courts of UAE.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a trademark?

The World Intellectual Property Organization defines the Trademark as “a distinctive design which identifies certain goods or services as those produced or provided by a specific person or enterprise”. This definition is similar to the definition of trademark in most of trademark laws in different jurisdictions around the world including the United Arab Emirates. The UAE Trademark Law defines Trademark in Article (2) as “ anything which has distinctive shape of names, or words, or signatures, or letters or numbers, or drawings or symbols or addresses or imprints or stamps or images or epigraphy, or advertisement or packages or any other mark or group or marks if they were used or intended to be used either to distinguish goods, products or services from whatever sources or to indicate that certain services, goods or products belong to the owner of the trademark because of their provision, manufacturing, selection or trading…”.

Can I use my trademark before registration?

Yes, you can use your trademark; however, it’s very imperative to register your trademark as the registration of the trademark will be considered an announcement of your ownership to the public. Also, the registration will allow you to know whether your trademark has been taken or used by others, not to mention the fact that Registration is a prerequisite for the protection of your trademark under the penal system, in general, the benefit of registration includes but not limited to, registration will shield you from any infringement and unlawful competitions from infringers or unauthorized use of your trademark by others in the expense of your trademark.

What can I trademark?

A name, such as your commercial name or product line
A symbol or logo for the purpose of brand recognition
A phrase or slogan associated with your brand

How will registering my trademark help my business?

You can presumptively own and use your mark exclusively if you register it as a trademark. Remember that the country you are registering in is the only place where you are protected.

Trademark Renewals and Lifecycle

Trademarks are valid for 10 years with a possibility of renewal.

Note: Renewal periods differ depending on the country of initial registration.