Trademarks - Filing Requirements (Iraq)

An application for the registration of a mark shall be field with the Registrar in the manner and according to the conditions prescribed in regulation made under this law.

A mark shall be permitted to be registered in respect of one or more articles or in one or more classes of the products in the schedule of classification of goods annexed to the regulation made under this law.

Where before any publication is made two or more persons apply simultaneously for the registration of the same mark or of identical or similar marks in respect of goods or articles of the same class of products, the Registrar may suspend all such applications until the production to him of a renunciation by the disputants in favor of one of them dully attested or a final judgment from the court.

The Registrar may impose limitations or modifications as he may deem necessary for the better specification, description, mode or place or user of the mark, or such other matters, for preventing confusion with any other mark already registered, or for any other reason as he may think fit. In case of refusal or conditional acceptance, the Registrar shall notify the applicant, in writing, of the grounds, of his decision and of the relevant facts. If the applicant shall not, within thirty days, comply with the limitations imposed by Registrar he shall be deemed to have abandoned his application.

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Filing Requirements

Power of attorney legalised by the Iraqi Consulate. The legalisation stamp must appear on the back page of the document. Legalised copy of the priority document if claimed. Notes

Late filing of documents: allowed within 6 months from filing date without penalty. Iraq follows multi-class filing system and each class is divided into sub-classes. Additional government fees of US$75 are applicable for...