Trademarks
General Information
- 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 period - 4 months from publication date
- Extension of time - Not possible for filing oppositions, counter oppositions, and responding to office actions
- Term of protection - 10 years from filing date and renewable for like periods
- Use - Mark vulnerable to cancellation action by any interested parties if there is no effective use of the mark for a period of 5 consecutive years preceding the date of filing for cancellation
Filing Requirements
- Power of Attorney duly legalized by the Qatari Consulate.
- Copy of an Extract from the Commercial Register or Articles of Incorporation or any equivalent document. Should be filed along with the application.
- In case of claiming priority, a certified copy of the corresponding home or foreign application of the trademark duly legalized by the Qatari Consulate
Renewal
- Power of Attorney duly legalized by the Qatari Consulate.
Assignment
- Power of Attorney, from the assignee, notarized and legalized by the Qatari Consulate.
- Deed of assignment, signed by the assignor and the assignee, notarized and legalized by the Qatari Consulate.
- Copy of an Extract from the Commercial Register or Certificate of Incorporation of the Assignee. The Arabic translation is required.
Merger
- Power of Attorney from the entity surviving the merger duly legalized by the Qatari Consulate
- Certificate of Merger duly legalized by the Qatari Consulate.
- Copy of an Extract from the Commercial Register or Certificate of Incorporation of the entity surviving the merger. The Arabic translation is required.
License
- Power of Attorney from the licensee duly legalized by the Qatari Consulate.
- Copy of the License Agreement duly legalized by the Qatari Consulate. The Arabic Translation is required.
- Photocopy of an Extract from the Commercial Register or Certificate of Incorporation of the Licensee.
Change of Name or Address
- Power of Attorney reflecting the new name and/or address, duly legalized by the Qatari Consulate
- Certificate of Change of Name and/or address, duly legalized by the Qatari Consulate. The Arabic translation is required.
Patents
General Information
- Search - Not available at this time
- Examination - Formality, novelty, inventiveness and industrial applicability
- Publication - Applications will be published upon grant in the official gazette
- Opposition period - 60 days from announcement
- Annuities - Paid annually on the anniversary of the international filing date and payable before grant. A grace period of 6 months is allowed for late payment of annuities with an extra charge
- Term of protection - 20 years from the international filing date
Filing Requirements
- Power of Attorney, duly legalized by the Qatari Consul
- Specification of the invention in English, together with Arabic translation.
- Complete particulars of applicant(s), inventor (s) and priority information.
- Submission of an undertaking from applicant to pay the prescribe fees at a later stage. .
- Copies of all PCT documents.
Assignment
- Power of attorney legalized by the Qatari Consulate.
- Deed of assignment legalized by the Qatari Consulate.
Merger
- Power of attorney legalized by the Qatari Consulate.
- Merger agreement legalized by the Qatari Consulate.
License
- Power of attorney legalized by the Qatari Consulate.
- License agreement legalized by the Qatari Consulate.
Change of Name or Address
- Power of attorney legalized by the Qatari Consulate.
- Certificate of change legalized by the Qatari Consulate.
Industrial designs
General Information
- The Trademarks, Commercial Indications, Trade Names, Geographical Indications, and Industrial Designs & Models Law no. 9 of 2002 came into effect in September 2002.
- To date, no implementing regulations have been promulgated and the necessary office for receiving design applications is yet to be established.
- Protection is available only by filing a cautionary notice in the local newspaper, a notice of which can be submitted to the court of law in the event of infringement.
Filing Requirements
- Particulars of the owner such as name, address, nationality and nature of business.
- The title and drawings of the design, supported by brief descriptions.
- Particulars of corresponding foreign registration(s), if any.
