Apparently the Syrian Trademark Office has been recently requesting Powers of Attorney (PoA) to be legalized by Syrian consulates abroad, and then obtaining the Syrian Interior Ministry’s approval and super-legalization on this document by the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
This practice comes in compliance with the Syrian Interior Ministry’s regulations to obtain clearing approval on the Powers of Attorney for all Intellectual Property applications in Syria (trademarks, designs, patents, recordals…).
We suspect that this practice will be applied to Israeli entities, who, lacking Syrian consulates, will be unable to comply with the regulations.
Ah well, I suppose any trademark registrations would be canceled due to lack of use, so no harm done…
of WIPO at a trademark seminar in Jerusalem, Israel, last week, there is no provision for preventing trademark registration on basis of country of origin, only on substantive grounds such as previously filed, similar mark to a third-party, etc. NtamackAs of 1 September 2010, Israel will be party to the Madrid Protocol and Israeli entities will be able to file for multinational trademark registration via a simple check-list. One of the countries that is party to Madrid is Syria. As confirmed by Andre
Posted by Dr Michael Factor 
As of September 2009, the Syrian Trademarks Office has been granting waivers to trademark applicants who no longer need to submit an Israel Boycott Declaration for applications filed under the new Intellectual Property Law No. 8/2007 which took effect in 12 April 2007. Thus first-time applicants from outside Syria now can file their trademark applications in Syria without the declaration, whereas previously, applications accepted by the Registrar were referred to the Boycott Office to clear the applicant’s company name and first-time applicants with no prior IP registrations or clearance were required to submit the declaration and only once clearance was obtained, could the application proceed to registration.
