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Laws	Constitution / Basic Law (Date of current version) Constitution of Qatar (2004) IP Laws: issued by the Executive (Date of current version) Decree Law No. 16 of 2010 on the Promulgation of the Electronic Commerce and Transactions Law (2010) Law No.21 of 2009 issuing the Income Tax Law (2010) Emiri Decree No. 53 of 2009 establishing the Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (2009) Law No. 8 of 2008 on Consumer Protection (2008) Commercial Law No. 27 of 2006 (2007) Decree Law No. 30 for the year 2006 To Issue Patents Law (2006) Law No. 19 of 2006 on the Protection of Competition and Prevent Monopolistic Practices (2006) Law No. 25 of 2005 on Commercial Register (2005) Law No. 5 of the year 2005 on Protection of Secrets of Trade (2005) Law No. 6 of the year 2005 on Protection of Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits (2005) Law No. 27 of 2004 on the Protection of the Signs, Slogans, Works and Related Rights of the Fifteenth Asian Games - Doha 2006 (2004) Law No. (11) of 2004 promulgating the Penal code (2004) Law No. 11 of 2003 on the State Merit Awards and Encouragement of Science, Arts and Letters (2003) Customs Law No. 40 of 2002 (2002) Law No. 9 of 2002 on Trademarks, Trade Names, Geographical Indications and Industrial Designs (2002) Law No. 7 of 2002 on the Protection of Copyright and Related Rights (2002) Law No. 5 of 2002 Issuing the Commercial Companies Law (2002) Decree Law No.14 of 1982 concerning the Deposit of Works in the National Library (1982) Law No. 2 of 1980 on the Antiquities (1980) Law No. 8 of 1979 on the Press and Publication (1979)

Treaty Membership	WIPO-Administered Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Summary Table of Membership of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Treaties Administered by WIPO, plus UPOV, WTO and UN Patent Cooperation Treaty (August 3, 2011) WIPO Copyright Treaty (October 28, 2005) WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (October 28, 2005) Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (July 5, 2000) Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (July 5, 2000) Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol (July 23, 1983) Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (September 3, 1976) IP-related Multilateral Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ... Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions 2005 (July 21, 2009) Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (December 1, 2008) International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (September 29, 2008) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (June 12, 2008) Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity (June 12, 2007) International Plant Protection Convention (June 8, 2006) Protocol (II) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (July 5, 2005) Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (April 11, 2005) Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (March 10, 2005) WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (February 27, 2005) Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (March 9, 2004) United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (January 8, 2003) Convention on Biological Diversity (November 19, 1996) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (July 17, 1996) Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO) (January 13, 1996) World Trade Organization (WTO) - Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) (1994) (January 13, 1996) Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts (October 5, 1988) Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (December 12, 1984) Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (July 20, 1977) Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field (April 15, 1976) Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea (April 15, 1976) Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (April 15, 1976) Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (October 31, 1973) Regional Economic Integration Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) The Unified Economic Agreement between the Countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council ... Economic Agreement Between the GCC States (January 1, 2003)

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