29 June 2005
The Trademark Office at the Ministry of Industry and Commerce in the Kingdom of Bahrain issued a circular on June 28, 2005, to all industrial property agents in Bahrain regarding the adoption of the international classes 42 to 45 of the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (Nice Classification).
According to the circular, a copy of which has been obtained by Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property (AGIP), the Bahraini Trademark Office will start accepting trademark applications for services that fall under classes 42 to 45 as per the Eighth Edition of the Nice Classification as of July 1, 2005, as per the following mechanism:
- Applications for trademark registration under the new international classes 42 to 45 shall be immediately accepted. Applications under class 42 shall not be accepted unless pertaining goods and/or services exist in the new classification.
- Class related to applications, which have already been filed under class 42, and are still under examination and have not yet been published, can directly be amended at the Trademark Office without any fees.
- Applications that have been published, or are currently in the process of being published (publication fess were paid), shall undergo no change until the registration process is completed. After that, such applications shall be treated the same as registered trademarks.
- Registered trademarks shall be dealt with as per the new classification, according to the following cases:
The Trademark Office at the Ministry of Industry and Commerce in the Kingdom of Bahrain issued a circular on June 28, 2005, to all industrial property agents in Bahrain regarding the adoption of the international classes 42 to 45 of the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (Nice Classification).
According to the circular, a copy of which has been obtained by Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property (AGIP), the Bahraini Trademark Office will start accepting trademark applications for services that fall under classes 42 to 45 as per the Eighth Edition of the Nice Classification as of July 1, 2005, as per the following mechanism:
- Applications for trademark registration under the new international classes 42 to 45 shall be immediately accepted. Applications under class 42 shall not be accepted unless pertaining goods and/or services exist in the new classification.
- Class related to applications, which have already been filed under class 42, and are still under examination and have not yet been published, can directly be amended at the Trademark Office without any fees.
- Applications that have been published, or are currently in the process of being published (publication fess were paid), shall undergo no change until the registration process is completed. After that, such applications shall be treated the same as registered trademarks.
- Registered trademarks shall be dealt with as per the new classification, according to the following cases:
- If all services pertain to only one class of the new classes, except for class 42, an application should be submitted by the owner of the mark or his agent to change the class number to the new one.
- If services pertain to 'All services included in Class 42', the owner or his agent shall specify the services by submitting an application for amending the services to determine what class the trademark follows.
- If services include different services, some of which pertain to class 42, while the other pertain to another class, an application to amend the services should be submitted, so as to delete any services and to comply with the new class.
- There shall not be any renewal for any trademark in class 42, unless pertaining goods and/or services were amended.
- Applications for trademark registration in classes 42 to 45 shall be automatically examined.
- A timetable shall be set to modify the status of trademarks that have been registered in class 42 before July 1, 2005, and of which the Ministry have not yet received any applications for their modification.
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For more information please contact:
PO Box: 990 Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain
Tel: (973) 17 215 464
Fax: (973) 17 216 322
E-mail: agip.bahrain@tagi.com
Contact Person: Mr. Mazen Ajawi
© Press Release 2006
