Asset Management
Intellectual property administration in Iraq
Rights are usually lost to a missed date rather than a dispute. We keep the diary, hold the records, administer the licences and track the income — and the legal work goes to Salt & Associates.
What you receive
- A rights register with certificates and registry documents indexed
- A renewal diary with advance notice and escalation
- A licence register with terms summarised usably
- Royalty calculations checked and invoicing tracked
- Monthly reporting on renewals due, income received and anything at risk
- A clean instruction pack for Salt & Associates whenever legal action is needed
A trademark in Iraq lapses quietly. Nobody sends a warning that carries, the renewal window closes, and the first anyone knows is when the mark is needed and is no longer there. The same is true of a licence whose royalty was never invoiced and a piece of software nobody can prove the company owns.
This is administration, and it is exactly the kind that benefits from somebody local whose job is to watch the dates. What it is not is legal work: registration, prosecution, opposition, enforcement and drafting are Salt & Associates, engaged separately. We keep the file and the calendar that make their work cheaper and their deadlines safe.
The portfolio record
- A register of rights: marks, patents, designs, software and domains
- Registration numbers, classes, filing and grant dates, and territories
- Ownership and any assignment or transfer on record
- Certificates and registry documents held and indexed
- Arabic and English forms of a mark recorded together
- Domain names and their renewal dates alongside the marks
- A single view your counsel and your head office both work from
Renewals and deadlines
This is the part that actually saves money, and it is unglamorous: a diary that is watched.
- A renewal diary per right, with advance notice at intervals you set
- Deadlines escalated well before they are urgent, not on the day
- Renewal instructions prepared and passed to counsel in time
- Evidence of renewal collected and filed against the record
- Lapsed or at-risk rights flagged in the monthly report
- Registry correspondence received, translated where needed and routed
Licences and royalties
- A licence register: who is licensed to use what, where and until when
- Licence terms summarised in a form a non-lawyer can act on
- Royalty calculations checked against the licence and the reported figures
- Royalty invoicing, collection tracking and arrears follow-up
- Licensee reporting obligations tracked, and chased when they are late
- Records kept so income from rights is visible rather than assumed
Watching for misuse
Noticing is administration; acting on it is legal work. We can do the first and will tell you promptly so you can instruct on the second.
- Market observation for apparent unauthorised use in Iraq
- Evidence gathering — photographs, samples, listings, dated and documented
- A written report suitable to pass to counsel
- Coordination with Salt & Associates on anything requiring action
Registration, prosecution, opposition, infringement action, enforcement, licence drafting and any advice on the scope or validity of a right are legal services provided by Salt & Associates under a separate engagement. Salt Corporate Services administers records, diaries, licences, royalties and evidence. We do not act before the registry and we do not advise on rights.
Who it is suitable for
- Companies holding trademarks in Iraq and managing them from abroad
- Licensors with Iraqi distributors or franchisees paying royalties
- Technology and software companies licensing into Iraq
- Groups whose IP records are spread across counsel, finance and a former employee
- Anyone who has already lost a right to a missed renewal
Where this touches legal work. Registration, prosecution, opposition, infringement and enforcement action, licence drafting, and any advice on the scope, validity or ownership of a right are legal services provided by Salt & Associates under a separate engagement. Salt Corporate Services provides administration only — records, renewal diaries, licence and royalty administration, evidence gathering and reporting. We do not act before any registry and we do not give advice on intellectual property.
Common questions
Can you register a trademark for us?
No. Registration and everything before the registry is legal work and is done by Salt & Associates, engaged separately. What we do is prepare and hold the record, watch the renewal dates and get the instruction to counsel in time — which is where portfolios are usually lost.
We think someone is using our mark in Iraq.
We can observe the market and gather dated, documented evidence — photographs, samples, listings — and give you a written report. Deciding what to do with it, and doing it, is legal work for Salt & Associates. We will not approach the other party on your behalf.
Our licensee has not reported royalties for two quarters.
That is exactly what the licence register is for. We track reporting obligations, chase them, check the calculation against the licence terms and escalate in writing. If it becomes a dispute it goes to counsel.
Can you hold our certificates?
Yes, indexed and retrievable, with the originals held securely and copies available on request. Where a document is only in Arabic we hold a translation with it.
How far in advance do you flag a renewal?
At intervals you choose, and the default is deliberately early — first notice well ahead, then escalation as the window closes. A renewal flagged the week it is due has already failed.
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When does your next renewal fall due?
If the answer is not immediate, that is the problem. Tell us what you hold.
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