News: Trademark registration in Iraq

Registration of trademark in Iraq

Iraq is a densely populated country that needs an influx of foreign entrepreneurs, so it issues permits for business development to non-residents from all states.

The republic has its own legislation for protection of intellectual property, and, in addition, the country is subject to the Paris Convention regulations, which guarantees  suppression of plagiarism and copying of brand products to new brand in the market.

Trademark in Iraq can be registered with the help of lawyers from Law&Trust. Professional specialists collect the package of documentation, as well as its comprehensive preparation for consideration by experts of the foreign commission.

The process of registering a brand name in Iraq

1. You can call the specialist from the website of Law&Trust, and you will receive free consultation concerning all the issues on registration of trademarks in Iraq. In order to start cooperation we will need copy of your passport. Attachment of the application (the form is issued by our lawyer) and the power of attorney to collect the remaining documentation are required.
2. Verification of the logo. In Iraq, only the national procedure for registration of trademarks is available, so that reconciliation of the uniqueness of the emblem is made only with trademarks having legal force in the territory of the country. This simplifies the examination and shortens its terms, however, the state legislation has a lot of limitations regarding the layout of trademark. When creating preliminary sample, one should take into account the religion of the local population.
3. Preparation of the documentation. After collecting the entire package, the amount of which directly depends on the type of counterparty and the scale of its enterprise, it is necessary to make complete translation of all documents, and also certify all pages with notary seal and signatures.
4. Consideration of the application takes from 12 to 24 months, after passing the examination by the logo and documents, the commission publishes data on the new trademark in the general register of enterprises of the country for obtaining and working out objections. Appeal against registration of the trademark can be filed by any citizen or non-resident of Iraq in the presence of legal grounds.
5. In the absence of objections, the experts shall issue to the applicant the permit for conducting entrepreneurial activities in the territory of the country for the period of 10 years. In Asia, including Iraq, there are a lot of different trademarks, so that the trademarks that are not used by the owner for 5 years automatically lose their legal force.

It is possible to clarify the cost of providing the set of services for collection and preparation of documentation for registration of trademark in Iraq with the lawyers of Law&trust International by phone.

You can also ask questions regarding the stages of consideration of the package of documents during consultation with our lawyer.