Major IP Events in 2012

Jan 10th – AGIP Announces “Test your TM Logo Knowledge” Competition

Feb 9th – AGIP Ranked Number One in Patent Work for 2012

Mar 13th - National Arabized Domain "تونس." Launched

Apr 4th - Tunisia to Accede to the Hague Agreement

Apr 25th - New Trade Names Law Issued in Bahrain

Jun 18th - ASIP Approves a Proposal to Activate the Jordanian Arbitration Center in IP

Jul 17th - Palestinian Ministry of National Economy Launches IP e-Gate

Aug 6th - TAGIUNI Launches Its Academic Programs in January 2013

Aug 23th - Qatar Receives First National Patent Application under the PCT

Sep 3rd - Arabian Business Selects Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh among the World’s Most Influential Arabs 2012

Sep 9th - Japan Ratifies ACTA

Sep 19th - Historic Patent Reform Implemented by USPTO

Sep 24th - AGIP Morocco Manager Elected General Secretary of AMACPI

Sep 26th - Lebanon Adopts Tenth Edition of Nice Classification

Oct 9th - TAG-Org Opens New Office in Malta

Oct 11th - Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Dictionary of Patent Terms Published

Dec 10th - HM King Abdullah II Appoints Abu-Ghazaleh as A member of the Newly-formed Royal Integrity Committee

Dec 12th - Online Publication of Trademarks in Saudi Arabia

Dec 19th - AGIP Contributes to Thomson Reuters' report on Trademarks in the Middle East

Dec 30th - TAG-Org Becomes World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers Member