科威特商标申请指南
科威特于1998年7月14日正式加入世界知识产权组织，是巴黎公约成员国，截至目前还未加入马德里协定。如果通过马德里途径申请国际注册不可以指定科威特。
该国商标法现实施的是2001年修订的商标法令、2015年3月11日颁布的《商标法》和2017年12月28日生效的《商标法实施条例》。
商标的分类依据国际尼斯分类表进行分类，由于宗教信仰等问题，国际分类第29,32,33类中和猪肉及酒精有关的商品都不能在科威特获得商标法的保护。科威特的商标制度采用单类别制度。
中英文的名称以及相关的地址
商标图样
商品或者服务的项目
授权委托书
相关使用声明书
申请人的身份证明文件
如需申明优先权，优先权文件需经使领馆认证
注：如果是委托代理机构进行办理的，需要申请人或者是企业法人的签字盖公章(使馆认证)，委托书电子版必须在提交申请时同时提交，科威特专利商标局仍不再接受3个月迟交文件的宽限期，但是委托书原件可以在提交申请后的1个月补交。
1.商标查询：当申请人提交科威特商标注册申请之前，须对预申请的商标进行检索，确保该商标具有可注册性；
2.提交申请：申请人将准备好的商标申请材料递交到专利商标局，并缴纳申请费用；
3.形式审查：商标提交申请后会进入形式审查，检查申请表格文件是否有误。如有需要修改，例如指定商品名称不符合官方要求，TMO则会提出补正通知，通知申请人于60天内提交补正；
4.实质审查：实质审查包括对商标显著性、是否违反禁注禁用条款和是否与在先商标形成冲突的审查， 如审查员在进行实质审查后察觉有不得注册事项，会发出核驳通知，申请人须于60天内提交答辩。 审查员收到申请人提交的意见书后会进行再次审查，如再审未过，案件将拒绝注册；
5.公告：商标申请审查通过后，如果没有发生驳回理由，该商标申请将对该商标进行公告。该商标的公告期为60天；
6.商标注册：经异议被裁定可以注册的商标，或经公告没有异议的商标将获准注册并下发注册证。
注：a.整个顺利的申请过程（如果没有驳回、异议等情况出现）大概需要9-12个月。
b.注册商标的有效期为自申请日起10年，到期需进行续展，到期未续展会有6个月的宽展期，每续展一次有效期为10年。
撤销诉讼可由任何利害关系人以及在先权利人提出。对已注册之商标，可依照下列情况提起撤销诉讼：
基于在先的权利，例如有在先相同或近似商标。
注册日起连续5年未使用商标。
商标具有说明性，该商标含有表示或者迹象显示、指明了该商品∕服务于商业使用数量、质量、商品价值、该服务所提供的劳务或表示了该商品的独特性。
该商标存有误导、欺骗、诋毁等事宜。
商标具有功能性。
商标不具有识别性。
该商标包含地理标识。
该商标违反公序良俗。
该商标已经成为一般性名词，含有独特表示或者系指习惯使用于现行语言。
商标必须于注册日起连续5年内使用，以避免成为商标未使用的撤销目标。商标未使用的撤销之诉，可由任何利害关系之第三人提出。
要避免商标成为未使用的撤销目标，商标应于科威特境内进行商业上使用，但不须定期提出使用证据。
法规并未明定商标未使用的正当事由，任何合理的理由皆可被考虑。
如实际使用的商标与注册商标略以不同的形式使用，只要两者差异不大，且修改并没有明显改变注册商标的识别特点，是被允许的。已注册的商标可以透过修改变更。
Basis of Trademark Application in Kuwait
Kuwait Industrial Property Offices
Kuwait formally joined the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on July 14, 1998. It is a member of the Paris Convention and has not yet joined the Madrid Agreement. If applying for international registration through Madrid route, Kuwait cannot be designated.
The trademark law of China is currently implemented by the trademark Law amended in 2001, the Trademark Law promulgated on March 11, 2015 and the Regulations on the Implementation of the Trademark Law which took effect on December 28, 2017.
The classification of trademarks is based on the international classification of nice. Due to religious beliefs and other issues, categories 29,32,33 of the international classification of pork and alcohol related goods are not protected by the trademark law in Kuwait. Kuwait's trademark system uses a single category system.
The trademark authority in Kuwait is the Patent and Trademark Office. Official language: Arabic.
Applicant's Chinese and English name and relevant address
The samples of the trademarks
An item of goods or services
Power of attorney
Applicant's identification document
To declare priority, the priority document must be authenticated by the embassy or consulate
Note: If is commissioned for the agency to require the applicant or the enterprise as a legal person to sign the official seal (the embassy certification), the power of attorney electronic version must be submitted to submit an application at the same time, Kuwait, patent and trademark office has no longer accept 3 months late file grace period, but the original letter can be in one month after the filing of the fill.
1. Trademark inquiry: Before submitting the Kuwaiti trademark registration application, the applicant shall search the pre-applied trademark to ensure the registrability of the trademark;
2. Submission of application: The applicant shall submit the prepared trademark application materials to the Patent and Trademark Office and pay the application fee;
3. Formal examination: The trademark will enter the formal examination after submitting the application to check whether the application form documents are wrong. If there is a need for amendment, such as the designation of the goods does not meet the official requirements, the TMO will issue a notice of correction and notify the applicant to submit the correction within 60 days;
4. Material examination: Material examination includes the examination of trademark distinctiveness, whether it violates the prohibition clause and whether it conflicts with the previous trademark. If the examiner discovers that there are any items that cannot be registered after the material examination, he/she will issue a notice of refutation, and the applicant must submit his/her defense within 60 days. The examiner will review again after receiving the opinions submitted by the applicant. If the case is not retried, the registration will be refused;
5. Announcement: After the trademark application is approved, if there is no reason for rejection, the trademark application will be announced to the trademark. The notice period of the trademark is 60 days;
6. Trademark registration: the trademark that has been ruled to be registered after objection, or the trademark that has been announced without objection will be registered and the registration certificate will be issued.
Note: a. The entire application process (if there are no rejections, objections, etc.) should take about 9-12 months.
a. The term of validity of a registered trademark shall be 10 years from the date of application and shall be renewed upon expiration. There will be an extension period of 6 months for non-renewal and the term of validity shall be 10 years for each renewal.
Reasons for Revocation of a Registered Trademark
The cancellation action may be initiated by any interested party and the prior right holder. A suit may be instituted for cancellation of a registered trademark under the following circumstances:
Based on prior rights, such as having prior identical or similar trademarks.
No trademark has been used for 5 consecutive years since the date of registration.
A trademark is declarative in that it contains indications or indications indicating the quantity, quality, value of the goods/services for commercial use, the services provided or the uniqueness of the goods/services.
The trademark is misleading, deceptive, defamatory and other matters.
Trademarks are functional.
Trademarks are not identifiable.
The trademark includes a geographical indication.
The trademark violates public order and good custom.
The trademark has become a generic noun containing a distinctive mark or a reference to customary use in the current language.
Certificate of Trademark Use
The trademark must have been used for 5 consecutive years from the date of registration to avoid being the target of revocation of the unused trademark. A suit for revocation of a trademark that has not been used may be brought by any interested third party.
To avoid the mark being the target of revocation for unused use, the mark should be used commercially in Kuwait without regularly presenting evidence of use.
There are no legitimate reasons for trademark non-use, and any reasonable reason may be taken into account.
If the actual use of the trademark is slightly different from the registered trademark, as long as the difference is not significant and the modification does not significantly change the identification characteristics of the registered trademark, it is allowed. A registered trademark may be altered by amendment.
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