The intellectual property of a business – and trade marks in particular – is often amongst its most vital assets. Take the example of Coca-Cola. The fact that the mark Coca-Cola is today worth more …
India, US ink pact to prevent illegal trafficking of ‘cultural property’, aid in their retrieval
India and the United States signed their first bilateral ‘Cultural Property Agreement’ (CPA) on Friday. This agreement aims to prevent the illegal trafficking of cultural property and ensure the …
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng University joins property rush with US$11.6 million office deal
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng University has acquired office units in a commercial building in the New Territories for HK$90 million (US$11.6 million), making it the latest school to purchase real estate amid …
Kuwait: MoCI suspends property description certificate for e-brokerage contracts
KUWAIT CITY – Emad Haidar, Head of the Real Estate Brokers Union, revealed that the Ministry of Commerce and Industry has agreed to suspend the requirement of obtaining a property description …
Hilton unveils major expansion drive along Barr Al Jissah coastline
MUSCAT: With Oman targeting 12 million visitors annually by 2040, infrastructure development, enhanced attractions, and visa reforms are creating …
Oman, Other Gulf States Property Markets to Stabilize in 2018
According to international property consultant Cluttons, Oman’s GDP growth is expected to rise to 5.2% next year, aided by the introduction of natural gas production at the Khazzan gas field and the …
Kyrgyzstan: Ethnic sensibilities add painful dimension to property wrangle
The court summons delivered to Ulpat Abdullayeva and dozens of her neighbors in Osh in November 2019 was a bolt out of the blue. What they learned at the hearing shocked them only further. A bazaar …
Israel selling private property of Palestinian refugees – UNCCP – Letter from Arab Delegations to the SecGen
We are instructed by our governments to present both to you and to the Conciliation Commission of the United Nations on Palestine the attached memorandum concerning the action of Israel lately of …
Israel Seizes Property from Palestinian Prisoner Rights Organization
Sahar Francis, leader of Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights, talks about Israeli soldiers raiding her office at 2:00 a.m., causing extensive damage and seizing computers, valuable documents, …
Tajikistan Moves to Seize Banned Party’s Property
The government in Tajikistan has banned its only viable opposition, driven its leader into exile and linked it to recent violent unrest, thereby leaving it open to grave criminal charges. With the …