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Intellectual property protection in Qatar
Qatar general info
Officially the State of Qatar, is a country located in Western Asia, occupying the Qatar Peninsula on the north-eastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with neighbouring Gulf Cooperation Council monarchy the Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its territory surrounded by the Persian Gulf. The Gulf of Bahrain an inlet of the Persian Gulf, separates Qatar from nearby Bahrain. The capital is Doha. Qatar is classified by the UN as a country of very high human development, having the third-highest HDI in the Arab world after United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. Qatar is a World Bank high-income economy, backed by the world's third-largest natural gas reserves and oil reserves.
IP Legal Base in Qatar
	Patent Law
	Law on Protection of Industrial Designs
	Law on Approval of the Trademarks Law of the Gulf Cooperation Council States
	Law on Protection of Trade Secrets
	Law on Protection of Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits
	Law on Trademarks, Trade Names, Geographical Indications and Industrial Designs
	Law on the Protection of Copyright and Related Rights
International organizations/agreements
	Patent Cooperation Treaty
	Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
	Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization
	Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
	Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure
	Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol
	Rome Convention or the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations
	WIPO Copyright Treaty
	WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
Patent Office Contact Details
	Intellectual Property Rights Protection Department
	Lusail City, Doha
	P.O. Box 1968
	Phone: +974 4012 27 96
	Fax: +974 4429 43 38 
	Email: patent-ip@moci.gov.qa
	www.moci.gov.qa
IP registration costs
Fees associated with registration of IP rights in Qatar are available in the fee calculator.
	Brief summary is based on the information provided by ONE WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY on 06.03.2025
	Please contact us if the above information is not in conformity with Qatari IP Laws