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Trademark Registration in Dubai, UAE

If you want to protect a brand name, logo or combined mark, Incorpyfy can handle the registration with the UAE Ministry of Economy and Tourism from start to finish. That means we take the file from the first review right through to the day the certificate is issued. A registered trademark gives you protection in all seven emirates for ten years from the date you filed, and you can renew it for further ten-year terms after that.

Dubai Trademark Registration Cost and Government Fees

The government charges AED 6,500 in total for one trademark in one class. If your brand covers more than one class of goods or services, each class is filed and charged separately, so a quotation is only useful if it tells you how many classes are involved and exactly what they cover.

Government stage Fee When it is paid
Application and standard examination
AED 750
At the time of filing
Publication in the official trademark bulletin
AED 750
Once the application is accepted
Final registration and certificate
AED 5,000
After the objection period closes
Total government fees, per class
AED 6,500
Across the three stages above

The Ministry also offers a faster, one-business-day examination for AED 2,250. That fee only speeds up the examination stage, not the registration as a whole, so treat it accordingly. There is also a separate Ministry inquiry service costing AED 350, which is not part of the AED 6,500 registration fee. On our side, translation into Arabic, legalisation of documents, searches, and any work needed if the application is objected to or opposed are all quoted separately, because not every applicant needs them.

You can check the current figures for yourself on the UAE Ministry trademark registration service page. We check them again ourselves before we file anything, since government fees do get revised from time to time.

What Our Trademark Registration Service Covers

Rather than leave you to manage each stage of the Ministry portal yourself, we take on the whole file and give you one point of contact.

Trademark Search and Risk Review

We check the proposed mark for conflicts before you spend money on the full registration fee.

Class Selection

We work out the right Nice Classification and write the goods and services description that goes with it.

Preparing the Application and Documents

We put together your applicant checklist and arrange translation and legalisation where these are needed.

Filing With the Ministry

We submit through the correct route and follow up during examination if anything needs clarifying or amending.

Publication Through to Certificate

We watch the bulletin publication and the thirty-day opposition period, then see the file through to the final certificate.

Power of Attorney and Ownership Documents

We coordinate the power of attorney and ownership paperwork for both UAE-based and overseas applicants.

If your application is later objected to or opposed, or you need a renewal or enforcement support, that work is quoted on its own. You will find more on that under Additional Support After Filing further down this page.

What you actually need depends on the mark itself, who owns it, how many classes are involved and what our search turns up. We will not promise you an approval before we have looked at the file properly, and no one honestly can. Approval is the Ministry’s decision, and it can still be challenged by a third party after publication.

What We Look At Before We File

1. Search and Conflict Risk

Having a company name reserved, or a trade licence in hand, does not give you trademark rights on its own. Before you pay the full registration fee, we check the mark against earlier ones already on the register, looking at spelling, sound, appearance, and how it reads in both Arabic and English, as well as the goods and services it would compete with. Based on what we find, we will tell you whether to file the mark as it stands, change it, narrow the description, or think again about the brand altogether. A search cuts down the risk considerably, but it cannot promise you a result. That decision sits with the Ministry, and an existing rights holder can still object once the mark is published.

2. Word Mark, Logo, or Both

The UAE will register word marks, logo marks, combined marks, and other distinctive signs such as slogans, packaging or shapes. Which format suits you depends on where the value in your brand actually sits, whether that is the name itself, the visual design, or both together. Marks that are too generic, descriptive, misleading, or too close to something already registered can be refused, and the same goes for flags, official emblems, and anything that runs against public order. This is all governed by Federal Decree-Law No. 36 of 2021 on Trademarks and its executive regulations.

3. Getting the Classes Right

A trademark is registered against specific goods and services under the Nice Classification, and you pay per class. A brand that spans clothing, software, and a restaurant, for instance, may need three separate classes, since filing under one does not cover the others. We look at what you do now and what you are realistically likely to do in the next few years, so the classes we file cover what matters without paying for cover you will never use.

How We Handle the Registration

We start by working out what the brand is meant to identify, who should actually own the trademark, where that owner is based, and which goods or services need protecting.

Once the search has been done, we tell you what we found and recommend how to proceed, taking into account the mark format, the classes involved and any conflicts worth flagging.

We issue your document checklist, review the power of attorney, arrange translation where it is needed, and prepare the description of goods and services along with the mark itself.

We submit through the appropriate route to the Ministry, which then examines the mark. We stay on top of any updates and handle clarifications or amendments as they come up.

Once accepted and the publication fee is paid, the mark goes into the official bulletin. Anyone with grounds to object has thirty days to do so. If someone does, we explain what the objection means and what your options are.

If the thirty days pass without a serious objection, the final fee is paid and the certificate is issued. We check the certificate carefully before handing it, and the full record, over to you.

How Long Does This Take?

Plan for a matter of months, not days, even for a straightforward case. The Ministry’s own process runs through examination, then the compulsory thirty-day opposition window after publication, and only then the final certificate. Delays with documents, payment timing, amendments or an actual objection will push this out further. The one-business-day service some people ask about only covers examination, it does not shorten the whole process. Once we have seen your file, we can give you a realistic estimate, though we will not promise you a date the Ministry itself does not control.

Documents You Will Need

Hold off on legalising documents or arranging certified translation until we have confirmed which filing route applies to you. What you actually need depends on whether you are applying as an individual, a UAE company, or a company based abroad.

Applicant What is usually needed
Individual
Passport copy, contact and address details, a good quality image of the mark, a list of goods or services, and a power of attorney if someone is representing you.
UAE company
Current trade licence, details of the authorised signatory and owners, ID where required, mark sample, list of goods or services, and a power of attorney.
Company based abroad
Certificate of incorporation, ownership evidence where required, authorised signatory details, mark sample, list of goods or services, and a notarised, legally translated power of attorney for the registered-agent route.
Priority claim
A certified copy of the earlier application, along with translation or supporting evidence, filed within the relevant deadline.

Who Can Apply

You do not need a company registered in Dubai to seek trademark protection here.

UAE Individuals and Companies

You can apply directly, using your trade licence and the standard documents listed above.

Applicants Based Outside the UAE

You can still register a trademark here as a foreign individual or company. If the owner is based outside the UAE, the Ministry requires the application to go through a registration agent, using a power of attorney that has been notarised and legally translated. Other supporting documents may need the same treatment. If you also want to set up an operating entity in the UAE, we can advise on that separately, through Dubai mainland company formation or a Dubai free zone setup, without turning a straightforward trademark application into something bigger than it needs to be.

Additional Support After Filing

Objections and Opposition

If an examiner raises a concern, or an existing rights holder objects once the mark is published, we will tell you the deadline you are working with and what your options are before any further work begins. Depending on what has actually been raised, that might mean clarification, an amendment, supporting evidence, negotiation, or bringing in specialist legal help. We will not tell you an outcome is certain until we have looked at the grounds ourselves.

Renewal

A trademark lasts ten years from the date of filing and can be renewed for further ten-year periods after that. We can set a reminder and handle the renewal filing when the time comes.

Changes of Ownership or Details

If ownership, licensing arrangements, or your name and address change, the Ministry’s records need updating. We can take care of this separately as it comes up.

Enforcement and Customs

Having a registered trademark does not stop infringement by itself. Where it is needed, we can coordinate enforcement referrals and customs recordal, alongside related work such as a general trading licence or PRO services in Dubai.

Frequently Asked Questions

The government fees come to AED 6,500 per trademark, per class: AED 750 for application and examination, AED 750 for publication, and AED 5,000 for final registration. Our own fee, along with any translation, legalisation, search, amendment or opposition work, is quoted separately.

Yes. UAE trademark registration is a federal matter. Once approved, it protects your mark for the registered goods or services in all seven emirates, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain, Ras Al Khaimah and Fujairah alike.

Give it several months if the application is straightforward. The full timeline depends on the Ministry’s examination, how complete your documents are, publication, the thirty-day opposition period, when fees are paid, and whether anyone objects. The one-day service only covers examination, not the full registration.

You may be able to, provided the name is distinctive, eligible, and does not clash with rights someone else already holds. A trade name approval is a different thing from trademark registration, so the two need to be checked and filed separately.

It comes down to where your brand’s value actually sits, and your budget. A word mark protects the name, a logo mark protects the design, and a combined mark protects them as filed together. Filing them separately can give you more flexibility if both the wording and the visual identity matter to your business.

Yes, as long as they fall within the same class and the application is drafted properly. If your business spans several classes, you will generally need a separate filing, and separate fees, for each one. We will confirm the class plan before anything is submitted.

Yes. Foreign companies and individuals can own UAE trademarks. If the owner is based outside the country, the Ministry requires the application to go through a registration agent, using a power of attorney that has been notarised and legally translated. Some other documents may need the same treatment.

What you do next depends on the grounds raised, the evidence available, the deadline you are working to, and whatever earlier rights are involved. We will look at the notice, explain your options, and quote separately for any amendment, submission, negotiation or specialist legal work that is needed.

Ten years from the date you filed, and it can be renewed for further ten-year terms after that. Renewals and any changes to the record need to be handled before the relevant deadlines pass.

Request a Proposal

Send us the name or logo you want to protect, the applicant’s name and country, and a short description of what it covers. We will look at the filing profile, work out the classes you are likely to need, and send back an itemised quotation before anything is submitted.

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