Yes; the 11th Edition.

No.

Protection goes for registered goods or services only.

Yes; the same filing requirements, namely:
• Legalized Power of Attorney (up to the Syrian consulate), as per the attached form. The procedure of super-legalizing the Power of Attorney in Syria involves obtaining the Interior Ministry's approval first, which takes 1 month.

• Certified copy of home or any other foreign corresponding registration certificate for the above mark reflecting the same class/goods. Please provide us with a photocopy of the same. If the Registrar insists on a certified copy, we will inform you in due course.

It is possible to file the application and later complete the requirements within 6 months with a fine payment per document/month.

No, a single class system for trademark applications is adopted in Syria, i.e. each class relating to the same trademark should be covered by a separate application.

Yes.

Ten years from the filing date.

Marking is optional.

Any mark that has been written off for any reason or for the non-renewal of its registration may be re-registered in the name of its owner in particular, during the period of three years from the date of the write-off and may be registered, after the lapse of this period, in the name of its owner or any other parties. The original owner, then, can oppose the relative application/registration.

Amendment of registered/filed trademark is not possible.

Yes, within three years from its registration date. The competent court may - at the request of any interested party –pass a decision to strike off the registration of a mark if it is proved that it has not been seriously used for three successive years on all products or services for which it was registered, or any part thereof; unless the owner of the mark justifies the reason for non-use.
In other words, there is no automatic cancellation of a trademark due to non-use.

Yes.

By way of throwing the products in the markets for sale directly by the client or through a licensee.

Yes.

License agreement recordal and particularly, in case of a local licensee, is compulsory to produce effect against third parties.

No.

Trademark assignments can be made with or without goodwill/monetary consideration.

Yes, within 90 days from the publication date.

No.

No, filing a trademark of a geographical indication, which is different from the applicant’s nationality, is not acceptable in Syria. 

Yes; however, the IP law No. 8/2007 in Syria prohibits registration of slogans that refer to seditious, immoral, religious symbols or those related to international institutions. 

Yes.

- License. 
-Affixing the mark on products for marketing purposes. 
-Use by any qualified person under the consent of the trademark owner. 

Avoid laudatory, descriptive names or those resembling well-known brands. 

The symbol “®” means “registered”, while the symbol “©” means “copyright”. The use of “®” symbol, after registering the intended trademark, is optional.