Summary
Currently, once an application is filed for the grant of an industrial model registration, the Kuwaiti Patent Registrar takes no further action. The Kuwaiti Patent Office has started the process of examining, publishing and granting of designs. All designs filed with the Kuwaiti Patent Office are practically in the application stage, although the relevant designs are currently protected for 10 years as of the date of filing.
Until the Kuwaiti Patent Office changes the present practice, all filed design applications shall remain as documentary evidence of ownership and priority claim even in the absence of examination and issuance of certificates by the Patent Office.
Requirements:
Filing applications:
1. A Power of Attorney legalized up to the Kuwaiti Consulate.
2. An extract of the entry of the applicant in the commercial register, or an official copy of the memorandum or articles of association, if the applicant is a company or a body corporate legalized up to the Kuwaiti Consulate.
3. The name, address, nationality and occupation of the applicant.
4. Two representations of each design or model showing the various views. The figure of the design or model should be placed in an upright position on the sheet. When more than one figure of the design or model are shown, these should be on the same sheet, each designated as "perspective view", "front view", "side view" or as the case may be.
Assignment Applications
1. A Power of Attorney executed by the assignee legalized up to the Kuwaiti Consulate.
2. A deed of assignment proving the assignment signed by both parties legalized up to the Kuwaiti Consulate.
Change of Name/Address Applications
1. A Power of Attorney executed by the assignee legalized up to the Kuwaiti Consulate.
2. A deed of assignment proving the assignment signed by both parties legalized up to the Kuwaiti Consulate.
Merger Applications
1. A Power of Attorney legalized up to the Kuwaiti Consulate.
2. A merger document legalized up to the Kuwaiti Consulate.
