WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONIP/N/1/QAT/2
21 June 2002
(02-3450)
Council for Trade-Related Aspects of
Intellectual Property RightsOriginal:  English
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE AGREEMENT
QATAR
By means of communications from its Permanent Mission, dated 27 May and 20 June 2002,
the following notification has been received from Qatar, under Article 63.2 of the Agreement.
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With reference to the review of Qatar legislation which will take place during the meeting of
the Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights which is scheduled to take place
in June 2002, the State of Qatar notifies its laws, as follows:
- Annex I to this document states the main dedicated intellectual property laws and
regulations.
- Answers to the Checklist of Issues on Enforcement.1
                                                     
1 See document IP/N/6/QAT/1.IP/N/1/QAT/2
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ANNEX I
MAIN DEDICATED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAWS AND REGULATIONS
TITLE
DATE OF ADOPTION AND ENTRY
INTO FORCEBRIEF DESCRIPTION
Copyright and related rights
Law No. 7 of 2002 on Protection of Copyright
and Related Rights. 2
Adopted:  June 2002.This law is a revision of Law No. 25 of 1995 on
Copyright which has been reviewed by WIPO.
Trademarks
Law No. 9 of 2002 on Trademarks, Geographical
Indications and Industrial Designs. 3
Adopted:  June 2002.This law combines the protection of three types
of rights:  trademarks, geographical indicationsand industrial designs.  This law has been
reviewed by WIPO.
Geographical indications
Law No. 9 of 2002 on Trademarks, Geographical
Indications and Industrial Designs. 3
Adopted:  June 2002.This law combines the protection of three types
of rights:  trademarks, geographical indications
and industrial designs.  This law has been
reviewed by WIPO.
Industrial designs
Law No. 9 of 2002 on Trademarks, Geographical
Indications and Industrial Designs. 3
Adopted:  June 2002.This law combines the protection of three types
of rights:  trademarks, geographical indications
and industrial designs.  This law has been
reviewed by WIPO.
                                                     
2 See document IP/N/1/QAT/C/1.
3 See document IP/N/1/QAT/I/1.IP/N/1/QAT/2
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TITLE
DATE OF ADOPTION AND ENTRY
INTO FORCEBRIEF DESCRIPTION
Patents
GCC Unified Law on Patents. 4
Approved by the Council of Ministers on
23 April 2002.This law will be applicable in all six GCC
countries and provides protection in all six
countries through the registration in one country.This law has been reviewed by WIPO and has
replaced the 1992 GCC law.
Layout-designs (topographies) of integrated
circuits
Work is in progress on a new law in a special
drafting committee.The Ministry of Economy and Commerce is in
the process of preparing a new law on layout-
designs of integrated circuits that is based on a
model law reviewed by WIPO and compatible
with the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects ofIntellectual Property Rights.
Protection of undisclosed information
Work is in progress in a drafting committee on a
new law specifically for the protection of
undisclosed information and trade secrets.The Ministry of Economy and Commerce is in
the process of preparing a new law on the
protection of undisclosed information and trade
secrets that is based on a model law reviewed by
WIPO and compatible with the Agreement onTrade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property
Rights.
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4 See document IP/N/1/QAT/P/1.