How can Jitendra Trademark and Patent Agents help you with trademark registration?
One of the significant steps that businesses should take to protect their identity is trademark registration. Trademark registration involves several procedures, such as trademark search, filing, examination, and publication. You need to be aware of the legal formalities to complete the registration. Our experts can ensure that there is no delay or office action happens. In case there is any opposition or other legal formalities, we will guide you through them.
Trademark Registration
One of the significant challenges that businesses face is protecting their brand value. A trademark acts as your brand identity, and if there is no legal protection, your competitors, distributors, employees, or customers can misuse your brand name. Legal disputes can create financial loss, and they can affect your business growth. By registering your trademark in Qatar, you will have legal protection and exclusive rights over your brand.
Jitendra Trademark and Patent Agents, a division of Jitendra Intellectual Property, have expertise in UAE trademark law and can help you register and protect your trademark in Qatar.
Documents required for the Trademark registration in Qatar:
You need to submit the following documents for trademark registration in Qatar
- Application for the registration of the trademark
- Four copies of the design of the trademark
- Legalised and Notarised (POA) to the Qatar trademark office
- Copy of certification of incorporation or commercial registration translated into English
- Arabic translation of Trademark if it is in another language
What can be registered as a trademark in Qatar?
- Word marks, Names and Symbols
- Logos or Slogans
- Colours and Sound marks
- Three-dimensional shapes
- Trade dress and Service marks
- Smell marks
Trademark registration with respect to alcohol or pork is prohibited. You can’t file applications under multiple classes. You need to file a separate application for every class.
Trademark filing and International protection in Qatar
- Qatar follows the Nice Classification System for the classification of goods and services, and you need to choose the relevant class based on your business activities.
- In Qatar, there is no multiclass filing system, and due to this, each trademark class requires a separate application, unless it is an international trademark filing.
- Qatar is a member of the Paris Convention, and due to this, the international trademark will qualify for priority claims.
- Qatar is a signatory to the Madrid protocol, and this will be beneficial for international trademark filing, which allows you to file a multiclass trademark application.
Legal proceedings of trademark application
- The registration period from filing a trademark application to obtaining the certificate will take up to 8 to 15 months.
- Trademark examination takes several months in Qatar, and publication will be done after acceptance.
- The publication and registration fees should be paid within 30 days.
- If you haven’t used your trademark commercially for 5 years, then it can be cancelled by a third party.
Trademark renewal in Qatar
In Qatar, a trademark is valid for 10 years from the filing date, and it should be renewed within the last year of the protection period. A 6-month grace period is available after expiry, but late fees will be applied. In Qatar, you can renew your trademark indefinitely every 10 years. If you haven’t renewed your trademark, then you will lose the legal protection, and it can be registered by another person.
