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Feb 07, 2012 (Newsletter Issue 2/12)
Qatar
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Customs Recordal Soon Implemented


The provisions of Article 7 of the new Law on Intellectual Property Rights Border Measures (Law No. 17 of 2011) came into force in January 2011 and trademarks customs recordal will soon be implemented. Article 7 of the new Law stipulates the following:

Article (7): “The right holder may submit an application with the Department requesting registration of all data related to its rights, and its address in the State, in a registry specific for this purpose at the Department, and the Minister will issue a decision on the registration procedures and fees upon a proposal by the Director General of the Department”.

By way of elaboration on the above, the rights holders are now allowed to "record" all relevant information related to their marks. This will definitely mean that, with a recordation system in place, Customs will be allowed to adopt an ex-officio border system, whereby they can immediately target, intercept and confiscate shipments of infringing goods and thus avoiding the delays inherently involved in seeking judicial action. Therefore, products suspected of being counterfeit will be suspended and the rights owner as well as the importer will be immediately notified.

In this perspective it should be noted that the documents and other relevant requirements needed for the recordal and the recordal period have not been specified yet.

Please note that Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia and the UAE (Dubai, Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah) are offering customs recordal.

Source: JAH & Co. IP , Doha, Qatar