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By Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property
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Registration of Gulf Patents
The first of May 1998 will be the starting date for receiving patent applications from nationals of the GCC countries at the General Secretariat of the Council in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The Kuwaiti Registrar of Patents and current chairman of the GCC Patent Office administration said that the office discussed the final arrangements and preparations for receiving patent applications. He added that the meeting looked into other topics relating to patents of invention, explaining that the office will grant patents to patent owners. Legal protection will be available in all the GCC countries under the provisions of Patent Rules endorsed by the Higher Council in its 13th session in 1998 and its implementing regulations endorsed by the Ministerial council in 1996.
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