Patents & Design

Our Patents & Designs team helps our clients to protect and enforce their patents and industrial designs throughout the Middle East. Our patents lawyers provide patents drafting services in a variety of fields directly for our clients.

Our team can assist in every aspect of the patents and designs lifecycles, from providing FTO and patentability opinions, to drafting patents applications, to protecting and enforcing your patents and designs rights against infringers in the region.

We also offer streamline and cost-effective patents annuity services throughout the region.

Our multilingual team of patent attorneys and specialists knows what it takes to transform ideas into patentable inventions. We provide strategic advice during the idea creation phase of your project, including:

  • In-person or virtual consultations with inventors and applicants to identify inventions eligible for patent protection.
  • Conducting prior art searches and freedom-to-operate analyses to pinpoint related patented technologies and non-patentable subject matter.
  • Delivering expertly crafted patentability opinions to guide your innovation strategy.
 

At CastleIP, our Patents & Designs team leverages extensive experience and efficient processes to protect trademarks across the Middle East.

For patents, we collaborate with inventors to draft and file patent applications with the International Bureau (WIPO), the GCC Patents Office in Saudi Arabia, and local patent offices across the region. Additionally, we facilitate the entry of PCT applications into the national phase wherever applicable within the Middle East.

Our in-house team of expert translators ensures precise translation of patent applications into Arabic, French, and Farsi, enabling seamless use throughout the region.

We also provide cost-effective patent annuity services and design renewal services, ensuring comprehensive and affordable support throughout the patent lifecycle.

For industrial designs (or design patents), we manage every stage of the application process—from filing and prosecution to enforcement. Our team develops customized regional filing and prosecution strategies to secure robust protection for your industrial designs across the Middle East.

Our patents lawyers advise on contentious patents matters for our clients, including infringement claims and invalidation/cancellation actions.

For further information on patent litigation in the UAE, please see our guides published online at:

For administrative and/or criminal cases involving infringement of registered designs, we work hand-in-hand with our anti-counterfeiting team to enforce our clients’ rights.

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