TRADEMARK REGISTRATION Trademark Registration in the UAE Currently there are more than 350,000 Small and Medium Sized Businesses (SMEs) in the UAE, among them are similar companies with equal goods and services. A trademark can be used to distinguish your company as well as your products and services from the competitor’s and to create unique …
PRIVACY UNDER UAE’S LAW PERSPECTIVE Data sharing and its potential risks A recent study conducted in June in by Kaspersky Lab, an international software security group, revealed that people are prone to share sensitive data or secrets on the internet. This may happen willingly, by accident, and out of unawareness of what dangerous internet behaviour …
Bei der Berechnung der “End of Service Gratuity” kommt es immer wieder zu Unsicherheiten. Was muss der Arbeitgeber dem Arbeitnehmer bei Beendigung des Arbeitsverhältnisses zahlen? Wie hoch ist die “End of Service Gratuity”, wenn die Kündigung des Arbeitsverhältnisses durch den Arbeitnehmer erfolgt? Werden Allowances in die Berechnung der Abfindung einbezogen? Wie wird die “End of …
Dear Friends and Clients, Back to business. The summer is still on, but the international schools will start soon and the expats are coming back from holidays. When I entered the smart gate at DXB Terminal 3 about 80% of the machines rejected my e–gate and also my Emirates ID, “Fingerprint cannot be recognized”. But …
AK Customs Policy (2) of 2016 – Free Zone Procedures Many clients had and have had problems if their goods first arrived in the Jebal Ali Free Zone and are further transported, for instance, to another Free Zone such as RAK FTZ. There is a customs tax levied of 2 x 5%. Years ago, there …
Die Frist zur notwendigen Anpassung des MOA (Memorandum of Association/Gesellschaftsvertrag) wurde kürzlich um ein Jahr verlängert und endet nun am 30. Juni 2017. Sämliche Onshore Companies müssen ihr MOA an die Regelungen des New Commercial Companies Law, Federal Law No. 2 of 2015, angleichen. Das Gesetz trat bereits am 1. Juli 2015 in Kraft und …
Dear Friends and Clients, The VAT is on the doorstep. It shall be implemented like the European VAT System, not the US sales tax. Let’s see how fraud prevention will be set up. In the early VAT years, millions of Euros (or DM, GBP, ATS) were going down the drain through fraudulent manipulations with the …
Dear Friends and Clients, Ramadan has started. The Euro2016 has started, too. Conflict of interest? No beer at the games before sunset, or even after? Well, you can always watch it at home and drink whatever you want as long as you don’t disturb anybody. The Emirates is one of the most tolerant Islamic countries…at …
Die VAE sind die Heimat von Menschen unterschiedlichster Nationalität mit verschiedensten Fahrstilen – vom gemütlichen Sonntagsfahrer bis hin zum rücksichtslosen Raser. Was kaum jemand weiß ist, dass auch in den VAE defensives Fahrverhalten Pflicht ist, wenn es von den meisten aber definitiv nicht immer befolgt wird. Allerdings können selbst kleinste Verkehrsverstöße hohe Bußgelder, Punkte (Black …
Verkehrsverstöße, Bußgelder und Punkte – Verkehr in den VAE Weiterlesen »
Dear Friends and Clients, The hot season together with the Holy Month of Ramadan is at our doorsteps. There are a few days left to register or amend your company, your MOA according to the new Commercial Companies Law, or to reregister your offshore company in Ras al Khaimah after the merger of the two …