Qatar

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

CLASSIFICATION

11th edition – single class application. Class 33, alcoholic goods in class 32, and pork meat in class 29 cannot be registered

SEARCH

Possible for word and device marks

EXAMINATION

On formal, absolute, and relative grounds

OPPOSITION

60 days from publication date

PROTECTION TERM

10 years from filing date and renewable for like periods

USE

Vulnerable to cancellation if mark has not been used for 5 consecutive years from filing date

EXTENSION OF TIME

Not possible for filing oppositions, counter oppositions, and responding to office actions

TREATIES AND CONVENTIONS

World Intellectual Property Organization, World Trade Organization, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Berne Convention, Nairobi Treaty, Paris Convention, WIPO Copyright Treaty, WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty, Budapest Treaty, GCC Patent Law, Patent Cooperation Treaty


REGISTRATION

Filing Requirements

  • Copy of the certificate of incorporation
  • Copy of priority document, if priority is claimed, certified

What you need to know

  • POA and certificate of incorporation must be submitted at the time of filing 
  • Priority document may be submitted within 6 months from filing date

RENEWAL

Filing Requirements

No additional documents are required

What you need to know

Grace period of 6 months

CHANGE OF NAME OR ADDRESS

Filing Requirements

  • Extract from the commercial register or any other document evidencing this change, legalized

What you need to know

  • May be recorded for applications and registrations

ASSIGNMENT

Filing Requirements

What you need to know

  • Trademarks may be assigned with or without the goodwill of the business concerned
  • May be recorded for applications and registrations

MERGER

Filing Requirements

  • Certificate of merger, legalized

What you need to know

  • May be recorded for applications and registrations

LICENSE

Filing Requirements

  • License agreement, legalized
  • Copy of certificate of incorporation of licensee

What you need to know

  • License recordal is compulsory in order to be effective against third parties
  • May be recorded for registrations only

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

EQUIVALENT SEARCH

Available

EXAMINATION

As to form, novelty, inventiveness, and industrial applicability

PUBLICATION

Applications will be published upon grant in the official gazette

OPPOSITION

60 days from announcement

ANNUITIES

Due annually on the anniversary of the international filing date and payable prior to grant. Grace period of 12 months for late payment with a surcharge

PROTECTION TERM

20 years from the international filing date


REGISTRATION

Filing Requirements

  • Copy of international publication (with ISR if published)
  • Copy of the specifications in English and Arabic

What you need to know

  • All documents may be submitted within 6 months from filing date

CHANGE OF NAME OR ADDRESS

Filing Requirements

  • Extract from the commercial register or any other document evidencing this change, legalized

ASSIGNMENT

Filing Requirements

  • Deed of assignment, legalized

MERGER

Filing Requirements

  • Certificate of merger, legalized

LICENSE

Filing Requirements

  • License agreement, legalized

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

Qatar issued Law no. 10 of 2020 on the Protection of Industrial Designs on April 19, 2020, and the implementing regulations are expected to be issued in the near future. Until then, protection could be sought out by publishing cautionary notices at regular intervals in local Qatari newspapers. Such notices could have legal value when submitted in court, in the event of infringement, thereby claiming ownership of the design and alerting third parties against further infringement.



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Doha, Qatar

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