IP hotting up in Oman

The Sultanate of Oman has suddenly got really excited about intellectual property. On 16 October 2007 it will be a fully-functional member of the Madrid Protocol on international trade mark applications, the Patent Law Treaty, the Trademark Law Treaty and the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure.

Left: Oman's Nakhl Fort - wouldn't this be a great location for an international IP conference, thinks the IPKat

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