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ARTICLE · 11 JANUARY 2022

Qatar Issues The FIFA Intellectual Property Law

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FIFA is also exempt from paying registration fees in respect of its trademarks, works, audio recordings, performer's rights, and radio broadcasts.

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Ribal Fattal
Ribal Fattal

On July 29, 2021, the Emir issued a significant new legislation, namely, FIFA IP Law No. 11 of 2021 on the Protection of Trademarks, Copyrights and Related Rights of Fédération Internationale de Football Association ("FIFA"). The Law is an essential legislation key to Qatar hosting the FIFA World Cup 2022.

The FIFA IP Law provides substantial protection for FIFA's intellectual property rights by easing and simplifying the registration of such material with the Intellectual Property Rights Protection Department ("Department") at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, and by recognizing that FIFA's trademarks are "well-known" trademarks and are therefore protected under the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (1883) to which the State of Qatar is a signatory.

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