Doha: Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani chaired the Cabinet’s weekly meeting at the Emiri Diwan yesterday.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs H E Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid Al Mahmoud said the Cabinet welcomed the outcomes of 13th session of the Islamic Summit Conference held under the theme ‘Unity and Solidarity for Justice and Peace’ in Istanbul, with the participation of Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.
The Cabinet reviewed topics on the agenda and took decisions and measures. It approved recommendations of the Standing Committee of the Convention on the Law of the Sea concerning setting up baselines for measuring the outer limits of maritime areas of the state.
It also approved a draft decision of the Minister of Economy and Commerce on the formation of a grievance committee of the Patent Office and determine the procedures.
The draft decision provides for the formation a committee of grievances with regard to the decisions made by the Patent Office, headed by the director of the registration of patents unit at the ministry, with representatives from the ministry; Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development; and Qatar Chamber of Commerce as members. The committee will look into grievances concerning registration of patents and compulsory licences to exploit the inventions of the cases provided in the patent law No. 30 of 2006. The patent law identifies patent as the certificate granted by the Patent Office to the patent owner to have legal protection for his invention.
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Doha: Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani chaired the Cabinet’s weekly meeting at the Emiri Diwan yesterday.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs H E Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid Al Mahmoud said the Cabinet welcomed the outcomes of 13th session of the Islamic Summit Conference held under the theme ‘Unity and Solidarity for Justice and Peace’ in Istanbul, with the participation of Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.
The Cabinet reviewed topics on the agenda and took decisions and measures. It approved recommendations of the Standing Committee of the Convention on the Law of the Sea concerning setting up baselines for measuring the outer limits of maritime areas of the state.
It also approved a draft decision of the Minister of Economy and Commerce on the formation of a grievance committee of the Patent Office and determine the procedures.
The draft decision provides for the formation a committee of grievances with regard to the decisions made by the Patent Office, headed by the director of the registration of patents unit at the ministry, with representatives from the ministry; Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development; and Qatar Chamber of Commerce as members. The committee will look into grievances concerning registration of patents and compulsory licences to exploit the inventions of the cases provided in the patent law No. 30 of 2006. The patent law identifies patent as the certificate granted by the Patent Office to the patent owner to have legal protection for his invention.
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