​Patent protection means that the invention cannot be commercially made, used, distributed, imported, or sold by others without the patent owner's consent.

Foreign Trade & Industrial Property Directorate 
-Tel: 

(+973) 17574821

- Fax:

(+973) 17532090
- Email:

 hshabib@moic .gov.bh
 

(Industrial Property Related services)

- Tel:

 (+973) 17574830
(+973) 17574923
(+973) 17574832 

- Fax:

(+973) 17536479

- Email:

 ip@www.moic.gov.bh​
 

Commercial Attache' in Geneva
- Tel: 

(+4122) 7580457
- Fax:

(+4122) 7580437
- Email:

 commerce@bahrain-mission.ch

Foreign trade statistics of the Kingdom of Bahrain are published by the Central Informatics Organization and can be found at the Bahrain Open Date Portal: 

www.data.gov.bh​

Please contact Directorate of Foreign Trade & Industrial Property on:

Tel: 

(+973) 17574821

Fax:

(+973) 17532090

Email:

 hshabib@moic .gov.bh  

No. the Bahrain-US Free Trade Agreement does not have an expiry date.​​

1. Submit Industrial Design Application through “Industrial Property e-Services" website: https://service.moic.gov.bh/ipd
2. Attach all the necessary documents as listed in the form.
3. ​Pay the fee (BD40).​​

The protection period for an industrial design is ten years from the date of filing the application for registration thereof in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The protection may be extended for a further period of five years upon application by the rights holder within the last year of the protection period.

1. ​It must be novel and filed independently.
2. It is applicable in industry and craft and gives a special appearance to an industrial or craft product.
3. It has not yet been revealed to the public in the Kingdom of Bahrain or elsewhere by any means.

​​An industrial design is any composition of lines and colours or any three-dimensional form, whether or not associated with colours.

20 years from the day of the patent’s grant.

1. Submit Patent Application through “Industrial Property e-Services" website: https://service.moic.gov.bh/ipd
2. Upload all the necessary documents as listed on the website.
3. Pay the fee online (BD270 for individuals/BD540 for companies).

Patent applications should be submitted through “Industrial Property e-Services” website:

 https://service.moic.gov.bh/ipd

A trademark is a sign which distinguishes the goods and services of one trader from those of others. A trademark sign includes, for example, words, logos, pictures, or a combination of these.

​​A patent is an exclusive right granted for an invention which may be a product or a process that provides a new way of doing something or offers a new technical solution to a problem.

A patent shall be granted to any invention which is new, involves an inventive step, and is industrially applicable.

1. ​A power of attorney or a certified letter from the owner of the trademark/patent/industrial design in the Arabic language only.
2. The complainant should submit pictures or specimens of both the imitation of the trademark/patent/industrial design and the original ones.
3. The complainant should verify with the Industrial Property Directorate that (a) the trademark/patent/industrial design has been registered and that (b) the registration has not expired.

1. The trademark/patent/industrial design owner, who must be resident in Bahrain.
2. The authorized commercial agent for the rights holder.
3. The Industrial Property registered agent.
4. The commercial agent residing in the Kingdom of Bahrain if he is authorized by the owner of the right to pursue the infringement, that is to have a comprehensive mandate to follow such cases, or have a letter signed by the right owner or;
5. Authorized to benefit from the owner of the right if the contract includes follow-up infringement
6. If the owner is resident outside the Kingdom of Bahrain, he must be represented in the complaint by one of the above mentioned, and may not represent himself in the complaint.

An official Imitation Complaint can be applied through “Industrial Property e-Services” website: 

https://service.moic.gov.bh/ipd​

​​​You have the right to use a registered trademark in relation to the goods or services for which it is registered. You also have the right to take legal action against anyone who uses the same or a similar trademark on the same or similar goods or services.

The trademark is registered for ten years and can then be renewed every ten years.

Apply directly through “Industrial Property e-Services" website for citizens or residents of the Kingdom of Bahrain, who have a commercial or industrial facility in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Applying through law firms or accredited legal Agents specialties in the field of industrial property in Kingdom of Bahrain, and that of the citizens or residents in the Kingdom of Bahrain who have a business or industry in the Kingdom of Bahrain, or both has the facility commercial or industrial in the member countries of the Paris Union or countries in which citizens enjoy national treatment under bilateral agreements or international force in the Kingdom of Bahrain

​​You can register trademarks which are not yet in use as well as trademarks which are already in use.

Anyone who has a business or industry in the Kingdom of Bahrain or any of the member countries of the Paris Union or countries in which citizens enjoy national treatment under bilateral agreements or international force in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

​An application for registration of a trademark can be applied through “Industrial Property e-Services” website:

 https://service.moic.gov.bh/ipd