The permanent representative of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations in Geneva, Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Wasil, deposited the instrument of accession to the Nice Agreement on the international classification “Goods and services for the purposes of trademark registration” at the headquarters of the World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva, in the presence of the Director General of the Organization, Darren Tang.

Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Wasil emphasized in a speech during the filing ceremony that intellectual property protection laws are an important factor in developing the economy, and that the Kingdom's Vision 2030 defines a number of goals that are closely related to intellectual property.

He explained that the Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property is working to enhance local innovation and improve the ability of the national economy to compete by supporting local companies in their strategic use of intellectual property, and the authority - as the concerned authority - is working to enhance the image of the Kingdom in the international community of intellectual property and seeks to spread the culture of ownership. Intellectual property and respect for intellectual rights in various fields.

He said, "Today we deposit the Kingdom's instrument of accession to the Nice Agreement regarding the international classification of goods and services for the purposes of trademark registration, as the Kingdom will benefit from the agreement for the purposes of trademark registration and the facilitation of doing business in it, and it will contribute to promoting the application of global best practices for trademarks in the Kingdom."

The Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (for the year 1957) stipulates that the competent offices in the Contracting States shall indicate in the publications and official documents associated with each registration the numbers of the classification classes to which the goods and services for which the mark is registered.