Qatar - legalisation of trade mark priority document now required

News from good friends Saba & Co (here) that the Trade Mark Office in Qatar now requires that the certified copy of the priority document be legalised to the Qatari Embassy before submission to the Trade Mark Office.

While this part of the Empty Quarter acknowledges that it is, of course, completely up to the Trade Mark Office, subject to other applicable laws, whether they require legalisation, the requirement for more legalisation in this legalisation heavy region makes me sad.