The Ministry of Economy and Commerce (MEC) has slapped fines on 22 shops for the unauthorised use of the slogan"Tamim Al Majd", the Arabic for"Glorious Tamim", on various products, including sports shirts, gold chains, perfumes, cups, office equipment and wooden boxes. The violations were detected during MEC's surprise inspections at shops to monitor compliance of these outlets with laws and regulations of intellectual property rights and circular No (5) of 2017 on the commercial use of symbols and public titles in the state.