COOPERATION COUNCIL FOR THE

ARAB STATES OF THE GULF

SECRETARIAT GENERAL

Patent Regulation

of the Cooperation Council

for the Arab States of the Gulf

and its Implementing Bylaws

2006

Contents

Patent Regulation of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf

_{- The Superme Council Decision ...............................................7}

- Patent Regulation of the Gulf Cooperation Council for the Arab

States of the Gulf .....................................................................9

The Implementing Bylaws of the GCC Patent Regulation...29

- The Ministerial council Desision ............................................31

- The Implementing Bylaws of the GCC patent Regulation......32

Patent Regulation of

the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf

The Superme Council Decision

in its 20th Session

27 – 29 November 1999, held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

The Supreme Council, having

Reviewed recommendations by the Ministerial Council on amending the Patent Regulation for the Cooperation Council, and based on stipulations of Article 32 of the GCC Patent Regulation approved by the Supreme Council in its 13th session held in Abu Dhabi 21-23 December 1992, and

Having reviewed recommendations by the Committee on Industrial Cooperation in its 18th meeting on 8th September 1999 on amendment of this Regulation and recommendations by the Committee on Scientific and Technical Cooperation in its 9th meeting 14 – 15 September 1999, as well as recommendations by the Committee on Financial and Economic Cooperation in its 51st meeting 15-16 October 1999 on the proposed amendment to the GCC Patent Regulation, decides.

Approval of the amendment of the GCC Patent Regulation as follows:

Patent Regulation

of the Cooperation Council

for the Arab States

of the Gulf

In fulfillment of the objectives of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf stipulated in Article 4 of the Charter, and

In support of the joint scientific and technical cooperation between Member States cited in chapter 4 of the Unified Economic Agreement, particularly the resolve to acquire an indigenous base founded on encouraging and supporting research, applied sciences, and technology, and

In an endeavor to achieve the objectives of the transfer and adoptation of transferred technology and to encourage and develop local technologies to