Protection Of Copyrights In Bahrain

Our Associate, Fatima Alsayed explains copyright laws in Bahrain.

As a creative, thoughts of creating and innovating something new pop in your mind almost every day. Such creations fall under the bubble of intellectual property ("IP") which comprises of four major categories: patent, copyright, trademark, and trade secrets. To protect the innovators and creators, the Kingdom of Bahrain implemented several laws to give statutory protection to such expressions and to help promote creativity and innovation which contributes to the economic and social development of the Kingdom. In this article, we will focus on the copyright framework in Bahrain by first introducing the works that are protected under this scope before delving into the provisions that regulate it.