KUWAIT — The Ministry of Justice has issued Ministerial Decree No. 147/2025 (published November 2, 2025) amending the Notarization Law (Law No. 10 of 2020). What’s changed: Why it matters: The reform enhances legal certainty around document validity and supports Kuwait’s move toward modernized, including digital/remote, notarization procedures.

December 2025 OMAN — The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) now allows foreign companies to register .om, .com.om, and .co.om domain names without submitting a trademark registration or matching the exact company name.Key points: What this means: The process is faster and more flexible for international businesses, while Oman retains safeguards against […]

December 2025 The Registrar General of Intellectual Property in Sudan has officially announced the temporary suspension of all administrative activities of the Trademark Office, effective 14 December 2025, as part of a government initiative to relocate state institutions back to the capital, Khartoum. According to the official notice, all trademark-related administrative […]