Last Wednesday, May 5th, 2021 Qatar Cabinet approved a draft law on the protection of trademarks, copyrights and neighboring rights of theInternational Federation of Association Football-FIFA®, and decided to refer it to the Shura Council (the legislative body of the State of Qatar). Among the provisions contained in the draft law are provisions that stipulate […]
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Qatar Consultative Assembly (Shura Council), approved the draft law on the protection of industrial designs.
Qatar Consultative Assembly (Shura Council), the legislative body of the Monarchy of Qatar, yesterday approved the draft law on the protection of industrial designs referred to the Council by the Cabinet of Ministers last year. The legislators discussed the draft law with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry over two sessions, and finally approved […]
Read the full article...Ahead of the official emblem launch, FIFA and Qatar taking early measures to protect FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 ™ against ambush marketing and IP infringement.
In a planned Intellectual Property Rights Public Awareness Campaign, the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy, the Local Organizing Committee leading Qatar’s preparations for football’s most important tournament, the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™, published cautionary notices in all local Arabic and English newspapers, and launched a mass SMS campaign targeting all subscribers of national mobile […]
Read the full article...Qatar Cabinet approved a draft law on the protection of industrial designs.
Last Wednesday, Qatar Cabinet approved a draft law on the protection of industrial designs and referred it to the Shura Council (the legislative body of the State of Qatar). Under the draft law, a special register for the registration of industrial designs, their owners’ data, notifications of waiver, transfer of licences and licences issued, data […]
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