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The Ministry of Commerce clarified the criteria for the similarity of trade names, under which the registrar has the right to reject a request to reserve or register a trade name if it is found to be similar to another trade name that is already reserved or registered.

Article Five of the executive regulations for the trade names system states the following: "A trade name is considered similar to another trade name if its spelling form resembles that of a reserved, registered, or globally famous trade name, based on criteria determined by the registrar, including the following: identical spelling with a different arrangement of words, identical spelling with the addition, deletion, or alteration of pronouns, or dual, plural forms, or the definite article, and identical pronunciation of numbers or letters with the wording, or vice versa. This applies to the trade name in English according to its corresponding Arabic letters."

The ministry indicated that the duration for studying and processing the trade name is ten days from the date of submitting the complete application, in accordance with Article Seven of the executive regulations for the trade names system, which states: "The registrar shall decide on the request to reserve or register the trade name that meets the required data within ten days from the date of its submission, and the registrar may extend the period for no more than thirty days if the decision on the request requires the approval of relevant authorities."