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Protecting Trademarks, Patents & Prosecuting Unfair Competition Lawsuits in Egypt and the GCC
Trademarks & Intellectual Property KSA (SAIP) • Egypt • Qatar • UAE
Executive Legal Study Summary

National and Madrid Protocol trademark registration, opposition proceedings, cancellation actions, and anti-counterfeiting injunctions before Economic Courts.

Foundational Judicial Principle

Established Supreme Cassation & Tamyeoz Principle

“Established Judicial Principle: Trademark infringement is assessed by the overall impression left on the average consumer’s mind, where visual or phonetic similarity creates a likelihood of confusion regarding origin.”
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1. Regional & Madrid System Registration of Trademarks and Industrial Designs

A trademark is often a corporation’s most valuable intangible asset. AL-HAWI LAW FIRM manages trademark clearance and registration in Egypt, the Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property (SAIP), Qatar, the UAE, Kuwait, and internationally via the WIPO Madrid System.

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2. Trademark Opposition Proceedings & Bad-Faith Cancellation Lawsuits

We monitor official gazettes to file timely oppositions against confusingly similar marks and prosecute judicial cancellation lawsuits against bad-faith squatters or marks unused for five consecutive years.

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3. Border Measures, Precautionary Seizure & Unfair Competition Damages

We obtain ex-parte precautionary seizure orders to impound counterfeit goods alongside prosecuting criminal infringement actions and substantial civil damages for trade dress imitation and unfair competition.

Dedicated Practice Area for This Study

Trademarks, Intellectual Property & Unfair Competition

Registering and protecting trademarks, industrial designs, and copyrights, and litigating trademark infringement and unfair competition claims.

Counselor Mohammad Al-Hawi
Authored & Judicially Reviewed By

Counselor Mohammad Al-Hawi

Founder & Managing Partner of AL-HAWI LAW FIRM, High Appeal & State Council Counsel holding an LL.M. in Public Law and Diploma in Private Law, with 14+ years of expertise in Supreme Cassation/Tamyeoz appeals, expert report refutation, and B2B legal outsourcing across the GCC.