Maintain Your IP
Once your IP is secured, maximise its benefits to empower your business's growth with the right IP management approach.
Renew your IP rights to ensure your IP assets remain protected.
For almost all kinds of IP rights except trade secrets, periodical fees have to be paid to the IP offices where the IP right is registered. The amount, due dates, and payment terms vary between different kinds of IP rights as well as different IP offices.
Failures in payments can lead to invalidity of Intellectual Property rights and loss of protection.
Renewable IP Types
Patents/Utility Certificates
To keep a patent or a utility certificate alive/valid, you must regularly pay maintenance fees (annuity payments, UAE: annual fees) to the IP offices where the IP is registered.
Fees differ between various IP offices and usually increase with the patent (UAE: 20 years max.) or utility certificate's age (UAE: 10 years max.). Diligent deadline management is required. Failure in maintenance can lead to a loss of the IP right. For larger IP portfolios, information and maintenance tasks are usually managed via an IP management system. Payment can be outsourced to specialised payment providers.
Renew NowIndustrial Designs
To keep an industrial design alive/valid, you must regularly pay maintenance fees (UAE: annual fees) to the IP offices where the industrial design is registered.
Fees differ between various IP offices and usually increase with the industrial design's age (UAE: 20 years max.). Failure in maintenance can lead to a loss of the IP right. For larger IP portfolios, industrial design information and maintenance tasks are usually managed via an IP management system. Payment can be outsourced to specialised payment providers.
Renew NowTrademarks
Just like other kinds of IP, trademark renewal fees must be paid at IP offices periodically, but less frequently (usually every 10 years, also in the UAE).
To avoid your trademark being deleted, we recommend you monitor and document its utilisation. Failure in maintenance can lead to a loss of the IP right. For larger IP portfolios, trademark information and maintenance tasks are usually managed via an IP management system. Payment can be outsourced to specialised payment providers.
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