The GCCPO Grievance
Committee holds its 72nd meeting during the period 3-5 February 2019, in Kuwait.
The committee will discuss a number of grievances submitted by agents and
patent applicants, to consider and issue a judgment in their regard.
The GCCPO Grievance
Committee includes 12 legal and technical members of the Member States, formed
by the GCC Ministerial Council every three years; to consider grievances filed
by patent applicants, according to the GCC unified patent law. The Grievance
Committee issues its
decision by a two-thirds majority of the members present. It is worth mentioning
that the GCC unified patent law Executive Mechanism has also regulated the procedures
to plead before the Grievance Committee.