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Trademarks

 Information Of Trademarks Registration In Qatar

  1. The Filing System ( Single-Class Filing System) .
  2. Classification of goods/services ( 11th Edition of Nice Classification) .
  3. Registrable (  trademarks, service marks, collective marks, 3D marks, quality marks (certification marks), smell marks) .
  4. Qatar Is A Member of Paris Convention .
  5. The Claiming priority Is under Of Paris Convention .
  6. The Filing international registration Is Not  under Of Madrid Agreement .
  7. The Filing international registration Is Not under Of Protocol Madrid Agreement .
  8. The Time from filing to registration ( 14 months) .
  9. Protection (registration) duration ( 10 years from filing date) .
  10. The Examination type (  formal and substantive examination) .
  11. The Examination time ( Three 3 months) .
  12. The Opposition period: ( Four 4 months) .
  13. Time limit to pay publication fees after acceptance ( can be paid any time without penalty) .
  14. Time limit to pay registration fees after the end of the opposition period ( can be paid any time without penalty) .
  15. The Use : a registered mark may be subject for a cancellation action by any interested party if it has not been used for 5 consecutive years.
  16. Renewal application can be made within (  6 months before expiry) .
  17. Renewal duration ( Ten 10 years) .
  18. Grace period to renew after expiration (  6 months with penalty) .
  19. Method of conducting the search ( official search only) .
  20. Search for a device ( Its not possible) .
  21. The Time required to complete the search ( 3 days) .
  22. Publication after recordal of the assignment ( in the Official Gazette ) . 
  23. Publication after recordal of the change ( in the Official Gazette ) . 
  24. Publication after recordal of the merge (  in the Official Gazette ) . 
  25. Publication after recordal of the license (  in the Official Gazette ) . 
  26. Time period of the license ( can be decided by parties) .
  27. The Class 33 and “beer with alcohol” in class 32 can not be registered.

FILING REQUIREMENTS

  1. The Power of attorney, legalized.
  2. Certified copy of the certificate of incorporation or extract from the commercial register.
  3. Certified copy of the priority document legalized by the Qatari Consulate, if claimed.
NOTES :
  1. Late filing of documents: allowed within 1 month from filing date without penalty.
  2.  Extension of time for late filing of documents: not allowed.

RENEWAL REQUIREMENTS : Power of attorney legalized.

NOTES : Late filing of documents ( not allowed) .

SEARCH REQUIREMENTS : No documents are required.

NOTES : Search for word-marks in a language other than English or ‎Arabic requires transliteration in Arabic characters.

 

ASSIGNMENT REQUIREMENTS

  1. The Power of attorney, legalized.

  2. Certified copy of the certificate of incorporation or extract from the commercial register from the assignee.

  3. Deed of assignment signed by both parties and legalized by the Qatari Consulate or any Arab Consulate.

NOTES : Late filing of documents ( not allowed) .

 

MERGER REQUIREMENTS

  1. The Power of attorney, legalized.
  2. A Certified copy of the certificate of incorporation or extract from the commercial register.
  3. Merger agreement signed by both parties, legalized by the Qatar Consulate or any Arab Consulate.

NOTES : Late filing of documents ( not allowed) .

 

RECORDAL OF CHANGE

  1. The Power of attorney, legalized.
  2. A Certificate of change legalized by the Qatari Consulate or any Arab Consulate.

NOTES : Late filing of documents ( not allowed) .

LICENSE REQUIREMENTS

  1. The Power of attorney, legalized.
  2. Notarized copy of the certificate of incorporation or extract from the commercial register.
  3. License agreement signed by both parties, legalized by the Qatari Consulate or any Arab Consulate.

NOTES : Late filing of documents( not allowed) .

Industrial Design

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN FILING REQUIREMENTS
 
Despite the fact that an Industrial Design regulation has been established under Decree Law No. (9) for the year 2002, it is yet to be implemented.
Protection is available only by filing a cautionary notice in the local newspaper.

Patents 

PATENT FILING REQUIREMENTS

  1. Power of attorney legalized by the Qatari Consulate.
  2. Certified copy of the extract of the entry of the applicant in the Commercial Register.
  3. Abstract, specifications, drawings, and claims in English along with Arabic translation.
  4. Deed of assignment signed by both parties legalized by the Qatari Consulate if the applicant is not the inventor.
  5. Certified copy of the original application in case priority is claimed.
NOTES
  1. Late filing of documents: allowed within 3 months without penalty.
  2. Extension of time for late filing of documents: not allowed.

ANNUITY REQUIREMENTS : No documents are required.

PATENT ASSIGNMENT

  1. The Power of attorney legalized by the Qatari Consulate.
  2. Deed of assignment legalized by the Qatari Consulate.

NOTES : Late filing of documents( not allowed) .

 

PATENT MERGER

  1. The Power of attorney legalized by the Qatari Consulate.
  2. Merger agreement legalized by the Qatari Consulate.

NOTES : Late filing of documents ( not allowed) .

 

PATENT RECORDAL OF CHANGE

  1. The Power of attorney legalized by the Qatari Consulate.
  2. A Certificate of change legalized by the Qatari Consulate.

NOTES : Late filing of documents( not allowed) .

 

PATENT LICENSE

  1. The Power of attorney legalized by the Qatari Consulate.
  2. License agreement legalized by the Qatari Consulate.

NOTES : Late filing of documents (  not allowed) .

PCT Filing

In the beginning of November 2012, the Qatar Patent Office (QPT) began receiving PCT national phase applications in order to safe-guard the priority dates and avoid patents from lapsing. Since the amount for official fees are still undecided, applicants’ representatives are required to sign a declaration agreeing to pay the fees without delay once the fee amounts are determined.

Patent Requirements for PCT 

  1. A power of attorney duly legalized up to the Qatari Consulate or any Arab consulate in absence of a Qatari consulate.
  2. A copy of the PCT international publication search and examination reports must be submitted with the application.
  3. PCT filing number and date.
  4. Particulars of the application on the basis of which priority is claimed.
  5. International publication number and date.
  6. A Certified copy of the PCT application.
  7. A Copy of the relative international publication and search report, if any.
  8. A certified Copy of the Certificate of Incorporation of the applicant company is not required,

Copyrights

Information For Copyrights 

  1. Validity of the copyright protection period before expiry: for the author’s life.
  2. Validity of the copyright protection period after the death of the author(s): 50 years.

Filing Requirements – Copyrights 

  1. Power of attorney legalized by the Qatar  Consulate.
  2. A written declaration of the ownership of the work by the author or authors no less than 4 lines and not exceeding 6 lines.
  3. Copy of the applicant’s ID if he is an individual or copy of the certificate of incorporation if the applicant is a company.
  4. Copy of the work.

NOTES : 

  1. Late filing of documents ( not allowed) .
  2. Qatar is a member of Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works. In which each of the contracting countries shall provide automatic protection for works first published in other countries of the Berne union and for unpublished works whose authors are citizens of or resident in such other countries.

Domain Names

Information For Domain Names

  1. Country code top level domain name extension (ccTLD): .QA
  2. Grace period for late renewal of the domain: one month.

Domain Names – Filing Requirements

  1. Power of attorney legalized by the Qatari Consulate (original copy must accompany the application).
  2. The applicant should submit, by mail or fax, a letter requesting the required domain names and it must be on the applicant’s letterhead.

NOTES : Late filing of documents (not allowed) .

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