Qatar joins Nice Agreement for classification of foods and services for trademark registration

Geneva: The State of Qatar has deposited its instrument of accession to the Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Se...

Geneva: The State of Qatar has deposited its instrument of accession to the Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks of (June 15, 1957, as revised at Stockholm on July 14, 1967, and at Geneva on May 13, 1977 and amended on September 28, 1979) with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

This took place during a meeting between Director General of WIPO H E Daren Tang and Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva Dr. Hind bint Abdulrahman Al Muftah at WIPO headquarters in Geneva.

The Nice Agreement is a significant international system for classifying goods and services used for the purposes of international trademark registration. Each State Party to the Agreement is required to apply the Nice Classification, either as a primary or secondary classification, for their trademark registrations, and must include it in official documents and publications related to trademark registration through its national registration offices, in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement.

The Nice Classification comprises the classification published by the International Bureau of Intellectual Property in 1971, as referenced in the Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), as amended and modified in Article 1 of the Convention.

The Nice Agreement is open to States party to the 1883 Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, including Qatar.