Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights - Review of Legislation - Bahrain

World Trade Organization RESTRICTED IP/Q/BHR/1 IP/Q2/BHR/1 IP/Q3/BHR/1 IP/Q4/BHR/1 6 December 2001 (01-6218) Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Original: English review of legislation BAHRAIN The present document reproduces the introductory statement made by the delegation of Bahrain , the questions put to it and the responses given in connection with the review of legislation undertaken at the Council's meeting of 18 to 22 June 2001. _______________ introductory statement Bahrain had its first intellectual property legislation as early as 1955 when it enacted a Law on Patents, Designs and Trademarks. That was a time when Bahrain's population was barely around 130,000. In 1977, Bahrain introduced certain revisions to that law and in 1991 it introduced a copyright law followed in 1993 by a dedicated, enhanced and comprehensive trademarks law. All these laws and their subsequent amendments are listed in Bahrain'