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[email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 GCC seeks aid for Rohingyas Qatar opens patent Foreign ministers slam 2022 slur campaign against Qatar registration office DOHA: The GCC foreign min- DOHA: Qatar became the first GCC country to open a Patent isters, at a meeting in Riyadh Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Registration Office, making proc- yesterday, condemned what ess of international patent application filing easier and more they said was a policy of rac- efficient. ism and discrimination against The Ministry of Economy and Commerce has opened ePCT Rohingya Muslims of Myanmar in collaboration with WIPO (World Intellectual Property and said atrocities being perpe- Organisation) to protect intellectual rights in Qatar. trated on them were a flagrant In May 2011, WIPO launched ePCT, a new online service, to violation of human rights. make international patent application filing easier and more The ministers called on the efficient, and offers users and national patent offices many international community, the UN advantages. Security Council and civil organi- The office was inaugurated in a two-day workshop on PCT sations the world over to look for which concluded yesterday at the ministry’s headquarters. It was a quick and effective solution to organised by the ministry in collaboration with WIPO.