| Type of Trademarks: | Marks for goods, Service marks, Collective marks, Quality control Marks or Sound marks.
| Type of Applicant: | Company, Individual or Jointly.
| Registrable Elements: | Character, Chinese characters, Three-dimensional shape, Figure Sign, Claiming colour, Claiming priority or Combination of colours.
| Term of Protection: | 10 Years from filing date and renewable for 10 years within 12 months before expiry or 6 months after expiry with surcharge.
| Priority Deadline: | 6 months from the priority application filing date.
| Classification: | 10th Edition – Single class application, Use of class headings, Designation of retail services and Addition to class heading (Class 33, alcoholic goods in Class 32, and pork meat in Class 29 cannot be registered).
| Search: | Applicable for Word marks.
| Examination: | Formal, Relative grounds and Absolute grounds.
| Recordation Applicability : | Registrations, Partial recordation or Termination.
| Time Frames (Up To): | Search: 3 days. Registration: 6 months -          Filing to Examination decision 4 months -          Examination decision to Publication 15 days -          Publication Opposition Period 1 month -          Registration to Certificate Issuance 15 days Renewals: 1 month. Recordation: 5 months. Appeal: 12 months. Opposition: 12 months.
| Declaration of Use: | Not applicable.
| Consent and Disclaimers: | Acceptable to overcome refusal.
| Cancellation Action: | Applicable for Unlawful registration Non-use for a period of 5 years from the Registration before the Administrative Authorities and Courts.
| Infringement Measures: | Prevention of importation of infringing goods by Customs, Raid, Injunction, Damages, Fine and Imprisonment.

• Power of Attorney duly legalized up to the UAE Consulate. 
• Certified copy of the priority document, if priority is claimed.
(All the above may be submitted within 90 days from the filing date)

• Power of Attorney duly legalized up to the UAE Consulate. (May be submitted within 90 days from the filing date in case we are not the agent of record). 

• Power of attorney signed by the assignee duly legalized up to the UAE consulate.
• Deed of assignment signed by both parties duly legalized as above.

• Power of attorney signed by the licensee duly legalized up to the UAE consulate.
• License agreement signed by both parties duly legalized as above. 

 • Power of Attorney duly legalized up to the UAE Consulate.
• Certificate of merger / mortgage duly legalized as above.

• Power of Attorney in the new name/address duly legalized up to the UAE consulate.  
• A certificate issued by the competent authorities evidencing the changes or an affidavit proving the changes duly legalized as above.

• Power of Attorney duly legalized up to the UAE Consulate. (Required at the time of filing)
• Any document to show prior use in the stated jurisdiction or neighbouring countries. 
• Brief history of the applicant’s company including list of registrations along with copies of the same in the stated jurisdiction or neighbouring countries. 
• The date of first use and registration worldwide and in the stated jurisdiction or neighbouring countries. 
• Extracts from bills/invoices, etc., from the year of inception of the company. 
• Sales turnover from inception up to date in the country of origin and in the stated jurisdiction or neighbouring countries. 
• Any additional helpful documents (ex. Distribution agreements, local advertisements, local newspapers, magazines, etc.) evidencing the use and existence of the mark worldwide and in the stated jurisdiction or neighbouring countries.