Trademark Registration in Saudi Arabia

SAIP bills in stages, so a trademark is paid for as it progresses. The government fees below are as listed on SAIP's service pages in October 2026. Check them on saip.gov.sa before filing, because fee schedules change. Professional fees for search, preparation and follow-up are separate.

Under the GCC Trademarks Law, which SAIP applies and publishes, a trademark can be any distinctive sign: names, words, signatures, letters, numbers, drawings, logos, seals, pictures or packaging. Sound and smell can form part of a mark. What matters is that the sign distinguishes your goods or services from someone else's.

The law also lists signs that cannot be registered, either as a mark or as part of one. These are the grounds that most often affect commercial brands:

The law allows registration by Saudi and GCC individuals and companies carrying on a commercial, industrial, craft or service activity, by foreigners resident in a GCC country who are authorized to carry on such an activity, by foreigners who are nationals or residents of a country that shares a multilateral convention with a GCC state, and by public authorities.

In practice this means a foreign parent company can usually own its mark in Saudi Arabia directly, or the Saudi subsidiary can. Decide which entity should own it before filing. Changing the owner later is a separate SAIP transaction.

Registration takes effect from the filing date. The registered owner is treated as the sole owner, and once the mark has been used without interruption for five years from registration with no successful challenge, that ownership can no longer be disputed.

Renewal is filed in the last year of the 10-year term, or within the six months after expiry at a higher fee. Renewal involves no new examination and no objection period. If the owner does not renew within those six months, SAIP strikes the mark off the register, and another party can then register the same mark for the same or similar goods only after three years.

A registered mark can also be lost through non-use. A court can strike it off at the request of anyone concerned if it has not been seriously used for five consecutive years, unless the owner proves the non-use was beyond its control.

The trade name reserved with the Ministry of Commerce for your commercial registration and a trademark registered with SAIP are separate registrations under separate laws. Reserving a company name does not register it as a trademark, and a registered trademark does not reserve a trade name. Companies that want the brand protected on products, packaging, websites and signage need the SAIP registration.

You provide the mark (word, logo or both), a description of the goods and services it will cover, the owner's details, any consent letters, and priority documents if you filed abroad in the last six months. We run the search, propose the classes, prepare the application, file it on SAIP's platform under your company's authorization, and track each invoice, modification request and deadline to the certificate. We then diarize the renewal.

We are a business consultancy, not a law firm. If your mark meets an objection that turns into a dispute, or a case reaches the courts, we will tell you and recommend that you instruct an intellectual property lawyer. Our team in Jeddah speaks Arabic, English, Hindi, Urdu and French and is reachable by phone, WhatsApp or email, Sunday to Thursday, 9:00 to 18:00 KSA time.