ABU DHABI – The United Arab Emirates has issued a new Federal Law on Industrial Property, Law No. (11) of 2021, and published the same in the Federal Gazette number 706 on 31 May 2021.The Ministery is expected to issue the implementing regulations of this law within the coming 3 months. Until then, the implementation of the provisions of current Federal Law shall continue.
The main changes to the current law are as follows:
1 – Introducing a 12-month grace period to file a patent application after its disclosure.
2 – The possibility to request an accelerated examination;
3 – Increased protection period of the industrial design for up to 20 years, and allowing the patentability of purpose-limited product claims.
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