The Ministry of Commerce and Industry of Qatar recently made its trademark database of 147,670 trademark records available to the Global Brand Database, the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) trademark search platform.

There are now 83 sources, including national and regional offices, contributing data on more than 66.5 million trademarks to the Global Brand Database.

Global Brand Database allows users to search trademarks registered under the Madrid System, appellations of origin registered under the Lisbon System, state emblems protected under the Paris Convention 6ter, as well as a number of national and regional trademark collections.

By: Sara Omran

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Source: WIPO website