- Article 1 Definition
- Article 2 Fees
- Article 3 Forms
- Article 4 Details of Application
- Article 5 Representation by Agent
- Article 6 Change of Name, Address or Address for Service
- Article 7 Changes in Ownership; License Contracts
- Article 8 Consultation of Registers; Request for Extracts Therefrom and for Copies of Documents
- Article 9 Corrections of Errors
- Article 10 Hearing
- Article 11 Evidence
- Article 12 Publication
- Article 13 The date and validity of Official Decisions and Notifications
- CHAPTER 1 – PATENTS AND UTILITY MODELS
- Article 14 Request for Grant of Patent
- Article 15 Discription
- Article 16 Claims
- Article 17 Drawings
- Article 18 Abstract
- Article 19 Measures, Terminology and Signs
- Article 20 Number of Copies and Physical Requirements
- Article 21 Unity of Invention
- Article 22 Division of Application
- Article 23 Disclosures to be Disregarded for Prior Art Purposes
- Article 24 Declaration of Priority and Translation of Earlier Application
- Article 25 Declaration of of Priority and Translation of Earlier Application
- Article 26 Time for Furnishing Information Concerning Corresponding Foreign Applications, Patents and Other Titles of Protectio
- Article 27 Withdrawal and Amendment of Application
- Article 28 Marking Application
- Article 29 According and Notifying Filing Date
- Article 30 Examination as to Form
- Article 31 Publication
- Article 32 Request for Examination
- Article 33 Submission of Information Relevant to Patentability
- Article 34 Examination as to Substance and Decision to Grant or Refuse to Grant a Patent
- Article 35 Decisions concerning Redundant and Interfering Applications
- Article 36 Grant of Patent; Publication of Reference Thereto; Issuance of Certificate
- Article 37 Compulsory Licenses
- Article 38 Annual Fees and Publication of Lapsed Patents
- Article 39 Invalidation
- Article 40 International applications filed through the Patent Cooperation Treaty
- Article 41 Special Provisions concerning Contracts of Assignment and Licensing of Patents
- Article 42 Outsourcing of Examination of Patent Applications as to the Substance
- Article 43 Utility Model Certificates
- CHAPTER II: MARKS
- Article 44 Classification of Marks
- Article 45 Application for Registration of a Mark
- Article 46 Data of Application for Registration of a Mark
- Article 47 Declaration of Priority and Translation of Earlier Application
- Article 48 Withdrawal of Application
- Article 49 Marking Application and Filing Date
- Article 50 Objection to or Conditional Acceptance of Application; Hearing
- Article 51 Acceptance of Application
- Article 52 Publication
- Article 53 Opposition
- Article 54 Registration of Marks; Issuance of Certificate
- Article 55 Renewal of Registration
- Article 56 Assignment, Pledge, Licensing contracts
- Article 57 Search for a Mark
- Article 58 Collective and Certification Marks
- Article 59 Removal on the Ground of Invalidation or of Non-Use
- Article 60 International Registrations under the Madrid Agreement and the Madrid Protocol
- Article 61 International Applications Originating from Oman
- Article 62 International Registrations in Respect of which Oman is a designated Contracting Party
- Article 63 Effects of an International Registration
- Article 64 Marking Application and Filing Date
- Article 65 Division of Application
- Article 66 Domain Names on the Internet
- CHAPTER 3 – GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS
- Article 67 Application for Registration
- Article 68 Withdrawal of Application
- Article 69 Marking Application
- Article 70 Objection to or Conditional Acceptance of Application; Hearing
- Article 71 Refusal of Application or Conditional Acceptance to which Applicant Objects
- Article 72 Acceptance of Application, Publication
- Article 73 Opposition
- Article 74 Registration
- Article 75 Refusal or Invalidation of Registration of Misleading Marks
- CHAPTER 4 – INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS
- Article 76 Application for Registration of an Industrial Design
- Article 77 Number and Size of Representations and Specimen
- Article 78 Declaration of Priority and Translation of Earlier Application
- Article 79 Marking Application
- Article 80 According and Notifying Filing Date; Examination; Decision to Grant or Refuse Application
- Article 81 Registration of Industrial Design; Issuance of Certificate
- Article 82 Renewal of Registration
- Article 83 Special Provisions Concerning The Hague Agreement
- CHAPTER 5 – LAYOUT-DESIGNS (TOPOGRAPHIES) OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
- Article 84 Application for Registration of a Layout-Design
- Article 85 Withdrawal of Application
- Article 86 Marking Application
- Article 87 According and Notifying Filing Date; Examination; Decision to Grant or Refuse Application
- Article 88 Registration of Layout-Design; Publication of Reference Thereto; Issuance of Certificate
- CHAPTER 6 – Unfair Competition
REGULATIONS UNDER THE LAW ON INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND THEIR ENFORCEMENT FOR THE SULTANATE OF OMAN
Article 1
Definition
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:
Article 2
Fees
(B) Payment by cheque shall be acceptable only when the cheque is certified by the drawee bank.
(C )If the payment is made credit card, the payment shall be deemed to have been made on the specified amount has been credited to the Ministry’s account.
Article 3
Forms
Article 4
Details of Application
The application must include the following details :
Article 5
Representation by Agent
( a ) shall provide the department with a copy of the license to practice Intellectual Property activity.
( b ) shall register his name with the department on form No. ( 1 ) after payment of the prescribed fees.
Article 6
Change of Name, Address or Address for Service
Article 7
Changes in Ownership; License Contracts
(1) The request, of a change of ownership of a title granted under the Act or of an application therefore shall be made to the Registrar on Form No. ( 3 ) and shall be subject to payment of the prescribed fee.
(2) The publication of the change of ownership shall specify
(a) the title of protection concerned;
(b) the filing date, the priority date ( if any), and the date of registration or grant:
(c) the owner and the new owner; and
(d) the nature of the change of ownership.
(3) A license contract submitted for recordal under Article 93(5) shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee.
Article 8
Consultation of Registers; Request for Extracts Therefrom and for Copies of Documents
Article 9
Corrections of Errors
The Registrar under Article 96 may correct any immaterial error in any document related to the application, Corrections made shall be communicated in writing to all interested person .
Article 10
Hearing
Article 11
Evidence
Article 12
Publication
The applications submitted to the department shall be published, in the official Gazette in accordance with the directions of the Registrar Applicants shall be notified of the decision in writing so as to pay the prescribed fees.