- UAE · SUDAN · 44 AFRICAN JURISDICTIONS
THE GATE TO
AFRICA
OPENS HERE
Equity is an intellectual property practice working from the United Arab Emirates and Khartoum. We protect marks, patents and designs for Gulf and international rights holders — and route them into 44 African jurisdictions through ARIPO, OAPI and the Madrid Protocol.
44
AFRICAN JURISDICTIONS
3
REGIONAL SYSTEMS
3
OFFICES
44
ALL SYSTEMS · JURISDICTIONS
Every African jurisdiction we can reach through a regional or international system. The rest of the continent is covered by national filings through vetted associates.
THE
AFRICA
GATE
HARTOUM · 15.59° N 32.53° E
Most African registries give you one route out. Sudan gives you
two: it is a member of ARIPO and a member of the Madrid
Protocol. A Sudanese registration can serve as the basic mark for
an international application, and a single ARIPO filing from here
designates member states across the continent.
- THE NETWORK
ONE DESK IN THE GULF, TWO IN SUDAN
You instruct the UAE desk. Khartoum files. Port Sudan holds the border. One file number runs through all three.
25.80° N · 55.98° E
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
HEAD CLIENT DESK
- B4-618B2, Business Center 04
- RAKEZ Business Zone-FZ, Ras Al Khaimah
- nited Arab Emirates
Where instructions arrive, scope and price are agreed, and reporting goes out. Gulf and international rights holders deal with this desk and nothing else.
15.59° N · 32.53° E
KHARTOUM
THE AFRICA GATE · FILING AND PROSECUTION
- Office 103, First / Second Floor
- Industrial Area, Kafouri
- Khartoum 11123, P.O. Box 7429, Sudan
The registry office. Sudan sits inside both ARIPO
and the Madrid Protocol, so this is the desk that
opens the continent — every regional and
international filing routes through here.
19.62° N · 37.22° E
PORT SUDAN
BRANCH · CUSTOMS AND ENFORCEMENT
- Red Sea State, Sudan
Counterfeits arrive by sea. A desk at the country’s main port keeps customs recordals live and puts us on the ground when a shipment has to be stopped.
- THE THESIS
WHY THE GATE IS IN KHARTOUM
Our clients are in the Gulf. Our filing operation is in Sudan. That is
not an accident of history — it is the whole strategy.
Sudan sits inside both ARIPO and the Madrid Protocol. A Sudanese registration can serve as the basic mark for an international application, and a single ARIPO filing from here designates member states across the continent. Very few African registries give you both doors.
The UAE desk takes your instructions, quotes a fixed price and reports in your format. Khartoum does the filing. You deal with one firm, in your time zone, in English or Arabic.
THE THREE DOORS
AR ARIPO — designate member states from a single application
OA OAPI — one unitary right across 17 states, no partial designation
MD Madrid — international registration, local refusal work done here
NT National — direct filings through vetted associates everywhere else
- PRACTICE
SIX DESKS, ONE DOCKET
From the first clearance search to the tenth-year renewal, your portfolio stays with one team and one file number.
Trademarks
SEARCH, FILE, OPPOSE, RENEW
Clearance, single and multi-class filings, opposition and counter-opposition, assignments and licence recordals
Patents
NATIONAL AND PCT ENTRY
National filings, PCT national-phase entry, Arabic translation, publication and grant, annuities and recordals
Designs
SHAPE, PATTERN, ORNAMENT
Filing and registration of industrial designs, publication, certified copies and five-year renewals
Enforcement
CUSTOMS AND COUNTERFEITS
Annual customs recordal, seizure support,
cancellation actions and criminal action against
counterfeit goods.
Copyright
WORKS, SOFTWARE, LICENCES
Recordal of copyright works and software, licence agreements and domain names.
Portfolio
DOCKETING AND DEADLINE WATCH
Renewal diaries, gazette watch, status reporting for foreign associates and annual portfolio review.
- SEQUENCE
A MARK, FROM SEARCH TO SEAL
Fixed by the register, not by us. We hold the deadlines; you make the decisions.
CLEARANCE
We search the register for conflicting marks in your class and report before you spend on filing.
2–3 DAYS
FILING
Lodged on a simply signed power of attorney. Your filing number comes back the same week.
WEEK 1
EXAMINATION
The Registrar examines. We answer official actions and argue distinctiveness where needed.
MONTHS 2–6
PUBLICATION
Published in the Trademark Gazette. Third parties may oppose within the statutory window.
OPPOSITION WINDOW
REGISTRATION
Certificate issues for ten years. We diary the renewal and watch the gazette for look-alikes.
10 YEARS, RENEWABLE
- PUBLISHED FEES
OUR PRICES ARE ON THE WEBSITE
Official fees and professional fees listed separately, so you can see exactly what goes to the register and what comes to us