Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1967

Kuwait's accession to the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization (GATT) by Law No. 81 of 1995 and to the Convention of the World Intellectual Property Organization by Law No. 2 of 1998. Its consequence. The provisions of the two agreements operate as legislation whose rules the judge must apply to relationships falling within their scope of application, to the exclusion of other legal provisions. - Conferring international protection on a registered trademark pursuant to the Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization, to which Kuwait acceded by Law 2 of 1998. Its condition. Accession to the Convention by both states, the first in which the trademark is registered and the second in which registration of that trademark is opposed. A judgment annulling the challenged decision rejecting the opposition to registration without ascertaining the aforementioned accession. A deficiency vitiating it and requiring its cassation. - 342 - Commercial