Sec-Gen okays 13 development projects of MoH

MoCI adds 8 new conditions for registering trademarks

KUWAIT CITY, Oct 21: Secretariat General for Supreme Council for Planning and Development has approved 13 projects that are included in the annual 2019/2020 developmental plan including six construction projects and seven developmental projects, reports Al-Anba daily.

These six construction projects include construction of a new building for Ibn Sina Hospital by March 31, 2021, two new buildings for Farwaniya Hospital by December 26, 2019, a new building for Kuwait Cancer Center by June 28, 2019, the new Sabah Hospital by July 31, 2019, and a new building for Adan Hospital by April 5, 2020, and the design of a hospital in Sabah AlAhmed City by March 30, 2023.

Concerning the developmental projects, they include a project for activation of the role of medical information by March 31, 2021, the national program for accreditation of medical services provided by medical institutions, which is expected to be completed by March 2020, and the project for developing medical services offered to students of schools by March 2020.

The plan also includes the project for improving vocational medical services by March 2020, the project of medical cities by March 2020 and the project related to precautionary measures and treatment of non-infectious chronic diseases by March 2020.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) has added eight new conditions for registering trademarks, reports Al-Shahed daily quoting sources.

Sources disclosed the ministry specified names which must not be included in a trademark, indicating Allah or God is on top of the list of banned names.

Sources said the numbers which are known to refer to immoral issues are also banned, while the commercial name could be the full name of the owner and it could consist of numbers.

Sources added the conditions included preventing the use of names which can be deceiving or contravene traditions and public morals. Sources pointed out the names should be recorded in Arabic and in English with the same meaning according to Oxford English-Arabic Dictionary.

Sources went on to say the name must not be used in the commercial log with the same business previously. The commercial name must

not contrast the actual business in case the name means a business itself.

The commercial name can be preceded or followed by numbers except the consequent numbers. The name must not include search engines or social media sites included in this decision.

The name must not be identical to a registered brand or trademark unless the person who coined the name is the same businessperson who owns the previously registered brand.

The implementation of this new decision entails the cancellation of decision No. 195/2012.

The Global Competitiveness Report 2018 released recently by World Economic Forum recorded the improvement of Kuwait’s ranking

in 47 out of 90 indexes covering different fields, reports Annahar daily.

The report revealed that the Public Authority for Communication and Information Technology progressed in four indexes – electronic participation, broadband, growing Internet usage by individuals and improving the technological skills of residents in Kuwait.

This puts Kuwait at number 54 among 140 countries in terms of competitiveness.

The Global Competitiveness Index measures the competitiveness of 140 countries according to 90 indexes covering different fields as follows: institutions, infrastructure, ICT adoption, macroeconomic stability, heath, skills, product market, labor market, financial system, market size, business dynamism and innovation capability.