Registering your brand in Qatar costs $399 per class in professional fees with us, plus the government filing fee charged by Qatar Ministry of Commerce and Industry. We handle the whole filing — clearance, classes, the application itself and any examiner objection — and we confirm the exact government fee in writing before anything is filed.
What it costs to file a trademark in Qatar
Two fees apply, and it matters which is which. Ours is fixed. The government’s is not ours to set and we never mark it up.
- Our professional fee — $399 per class. Flat, quoted upfront, covering clearance, class and goods drafting, filing and prosecution.
- MOCI official fee — several thousand riyals per class across filing, publication and registration. Paid to the office, passed through at cost.
Official fees are approximate and current as at September 2026; every register reviews them periodically, so we reconfirm the figure at the point of filing rather than asking you to rely on a number published on a web page.
What is different about filing in Qatar
Qatar joined the Madrid Protocol on 3 August 2024, which is recent enough that a lot of portfolio records have not caught up — it is still routinely described as a national-filing-only jurisdiction. It is not: Qatar can be designated in an international application. What has not changed is that there is no regional shortcut. The unified GCC trademark office closed in 2021, so there is no single Gulf trademark, and Kuwait remains outside Madrid — a Gulf-wide strategy still needs Kuwait filed nationally. Qatar also allows an unusually long four months to oppose.
How the Qatari filing process runs
- Clearance. We check the Qatari register for earlier marks that would block or narrow yours, before you spend a filing fee.
- Classes and specification. Goods and services drafted to the Nice classification — too narrow and you leave gaps, too broad and you invite refusal.
- Filing. Filed as a national trademark at MOCI.
- Examination. Absolute and relative grounds — we respond to any objection as part of the fee.
- Opposition. 4 months from publication. We monitor the window and advise if anything is filed.
Use requirement at filing: no. You can register in Qatar without having used the mark yet, though long-term non-use will eventually expose the registration to cancellation.
Keeping a Qatari registration alive
Renewable every 10 years.
Madrid Protocol or a direct Qatari filing?
Qatar became a Madrid Protocol member on 3 August 2024, so the mark can now be reached by designating it from an existing home registration instead of filing directly. Anything registered internationally before that date does not cover Qatar and still needs a national filing.
Which is cheaper depends entirely on how many countries you need. For one or two territories, direct national filings usually win. Past roughly three, a single Madrid application generally costs less and is far easier to renew, because everything moves on one date instead of several. We cost both routes before you commit.
Frequently asked questions
How much does it cost to register a trademark in Qatar?
Our professional fee is $399 per class. MOCI charges several thousand riyals per class across filing, publication and registration on top, which we pass through at cost. For a single-class filing that is the whole cost; additional classes are charged per class by both us and the office.
How long does Qatari trademark registration take?
Absolute and relative grounds, and the opposition period runs for 4 months from publication. Where no objection and no opposition arise, registration follows on from there; an examiner objection or an opposition extends the timeline materially. We give you a current estimate at filing rather than a generic one.
Do I need to be based in Qatar to file?
No. Foreign applicants can register in Qatar. What you may need is a local address for service, which we provide as part of the filing, so being outside Qatar is not an obstacle.
Is a clearance search really necessary?
Filing fees are not refundable. A refusal based on an earlier confusingly similar mark costs you the fee and the months spent waiting for it. If you would rather test the ground first, our standalone trademark clearance search starts at $120 and the findings feed straight into the filing.
File your Qatari trademark — $399 per class, plus the MOCI official fee
The $399 is PerspireIP’s professional fee per class. The MOCI official filing fee is additional, is passed through at cost and is never marked up. Send us the mark and the goods or services it covers using the form below. We reply within one business day with the class recommendation, the exact MOCI fee and the all-in total before anything is filed.