What are the provisions of Iraq s trademark law?

1. Trademark inquiry: check whether the applied trademark is similar or identical to the existing pending or registered trademarks in Iraq, so as to increase the success rate of trademark registration;

2. Submit the application: submit the trademark application to the Iraqi Industrial Property Office and submit the documents required for the trademark application;

3. Trademark examination: After receiving the trademark application, the Iraqi Industrial Property Office will conduct a formal examination and substantive examination of the application (including the examination of relative grounds and absolute reasons);

4. Trademark announcement: After examination, the trademark that is considered by the Iraqi Industrial Property Office to be able to apply for registration will be published in the official journal of Iraq for public judgment;

5. Registration approval: If there is no objection after the announcement, or the objection is ruled not to be established, the Iraqi Industrial Property Office will approve the registration of the trademark and issue a trademark registration certificate to the applicant.

Iraq is a member of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property and the World Intellectual Property Organization. The Trademark Act came into force on July 10, 1957. Later, on August 16, 1977, Law No. 64 came into force to supplement the above-mentioned trademark law.

Trademark rights in Iraq are governed by the principle of prior use. Trademarks for goods, series, joints and colour marks can all be registered in Iraq. According to the relevant trademark law, the goods for which a trademark is registered can be divided into 34 categories, with the first category being a breakdown of 10 goods.

Iraq's trademark law developed earlier, with the earliest trademark law being Trademark Law No. 20, which entered into force on July 10, 1957, as amended in 1962 (Law No. 7 (Act No. 214), and supplemented by Law No. 64, which entered into force on August 16, 1977. The principle of obtaining trademark law in Iraq is based on prior use. The types of trademarks that can be registered are commodity trademarks, series trademarks, joint trademarks and color trademarks.

1. Iranian trademark search.

Check the official trademark manual of Yizheng Shulang to rule out the possibility that the trademark to be registered and the prior right trademark will be rejected because they are the same or similar.

2. Application for Iranian trademark lifting model.

Filing an application for acceptance and examination of trademark registration with the Registry Office under the Ministry of Justice of Iran.

1. Alcoholic beverages in the 33rd category according to Islam**; Strong, dark beer of the 32nd category; and any form of portrait of a woman, with the prohibition of registration and related renewals;

2. Flags of Iran, other flags prohibited from being used as trademarks, medals, medals and insignia of Iran (Red Crescent Society);

3. The portrait of the Shah of Iran was used without special authorization;

4. It may cause the public to mistakenly believe that it is a word or sign authorized by Iran;

5. Relevant logos of official institutions, such as the Red Crescent Society; Red Cross, etc.;

6. Signs that violate public order and social morality.

1. Three-dimensional trademark. The trademark applicant needs to submit a drawing that can determine the three-dimensional shape, and the three-dimensional accompaniment structure can be provided with three faces;

2. Color trademarks. The trademark applicant needs to specify the color of the trademark, and if there is no special standard for the color, it is enough to indicate the color of the application. It should be noted that a single color itself cannot be registered as a trademark, but a monochrome trademark and a color combination trademark can be applied for registration in accordance with the law.

The criteria for color marks are based on the international classification of the figurative elements of the mark. Spine caution.

3. Collective trademarks. A collective trademark is a product of a society, a town or a city, or a certain area of the country, and the manufacturer needs to submit the goods covered by the trademark, and the trademark authority will issue a trademark license.

Iran is a member state of the Madrid International Registration of Marks;

International conventions and national organizations to which it is a party: Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property;

Validity period of trademark registration: 10 years, from the date of submission of the application for late marking of the merchant code;

Types of trademarks that can be registered: commodity trademarks, service trademarks, collective trademarks, color trademarks;

Renewal of registered trademark: The application can be filed within 6 months before the expiration of the trademark registration, or within the grace period of 6 months after the expiration of the registration, and the renewal is valid for 10 years;

1. The national flag of Iran, other flags prohibited from being used as trademarks, Iranian medals, medals and emblems;

2 Words or logos that may cause the public to mistakenly believe that they are authorized for use by Iran**;

3 Logos of official institutions;

4. Signs that are contrary to public order and social morality;

5. Trademarks that are identical or similar to the trademarks previously applied for or registered by others, which may cause confusion or misidentification by the public.

The trademark registration authority in Iran is the Registry Office under the Ministry of Justice. Trademark applicants can submit trademark applications on their own, or they can entrust a specialized trademark lawyer to handle trademark applications;

Within 15 days of the filing of the trademark application, the Registrar will make a decision to accept the trademark registration or reject the trademark application. If the Registry makes a decision to reject the trademark application and at the same time file a request for amendment, the reasons for the refusal must be stated to the trademark applicant, and the applicant can amend the trademark application accordingly according to the reasons for refusal within a certain period of time (2 months for applicants in Iran and 6 months for applicants abroad).

If no objection is raised or the objection is not established after 30 days have elapsed since the publication of the trademark, or the trademark application is approved for registration through litigation procedures, the Registrar will issue a trademark registration certificate to the trademark applicant.