Gepubliceerd op maandag 13 juni 2005
IEF 485
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Harmonisatie in het Midden-Oosten

Ieder conflict heeft tegenwoordig ook een IE-paragraafje, dat blijkt maar weer: The Palestinian Ministry of National Economy is currently in the process of setting up a mechanism to unify the registers of trademarks and other registers of industrial property rights (IPRs) in the West Bank and Gaza.  This mechanism will be applied as follows:

• The Jordanian laws concerning industrial property, which are now applied in the West Bank (the 1952 Trademark Law No. 33 and the 1953 Patents and Industrial Designs Law No. 22) are to be extended to Gaza.
• The decision of extending the Jordanian laws to Gaza is expected to be made during one of the upcoming Council of Ministers’ sessions, which is expected to take place within two weeks.
• The two trademark registers (West Bank and Gaza’s) will be merged into one, and it will administratively and organizationally be affiliate with the ministry.
• The official fees will be unified; the same official fees imposed in the West Bank will be applied to Gaza Strip.
• The registration of trademarks, patents, and industrial designs will take place at the Ministry’s headquarters in Ramallah, noting that the registration in Gaza will continue for a while. (Bron: Agip)