Here’s everything business owners and entrepreneurs need to know about intellectual property rights in the UAE
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UAE intellectual property registrations up over 34% with massive increase in trademarks
UAE IP registrations soar as nation develops innovation-friendly environment
Dubai Future Foundation
Dubai Intellectual Property Hub will empower artists and entrepreneurs in the UAE
Dubai IP Hub will be central resource and authority on intellectual property in the UAE
business owners
How to divorce-proof your business – all you need to know
When divorce strikes, the fallout can sink even the strongest business if not properly prepared – here are some legal strategies to apply that can protect your company
Copyright
UAE announces boost to intellectual property rights, sees increase in trademark and patent applications in 2023
UAE Ministry of Economy launches intellectual property system
digital commerce
UAE announces new laws to licence, regulate e-commerce sector
The new law is aimed at facilitating growth of digital commerce in the country
Abu Dhabi
UAE, Saudi expect lowest rates for cyber and physical security threats: Report
The UAE and Saudi Arabia emerge as the region’s safest nations, attracting companies to their low-threat business ecosystems
cybercrime
Jordan cybercrime law ‘exact copy’ of UAE, report claims
The new cybercrime law is a “true copy” of a similar legislation “in an undisclosed Arab nation”
Copyright
Saudi Arabia sees 490% surge in trademark complaints, clamps down on pirate film and TV websites
Saudi Arabia is making efforts to fight copyright and trademark infringements
AI and Copyright Law
ChatGPT, Midjourney: Generative AI has an intellectual property problem, here’s why
As legal systems struggle to keep pace with the rapidly evolving capabilities of generative AI, complex intellectual property rights are beginning to surface, leading experts to emphasise the need for urgent attention
Delhivery
India’s Delhivery plans to monetise drone delivery IP, says CEO
Delhivery entered the drone technology space following the acquisition of US-based Transition Robotics Inc, ahead of its IPO in May 2022
intellectual property
Global intellectual property filings reached new records in 2021: WIPO
Data published in WIPO’s latest World Intellectual Property Indicators report showed innovators filed 3.4 million patent applications globally last year
animation
US animation studio secures $12 million – ‘Friends’ superstar Jennifer Aniston is an investor
The company will use the investment to develop animated intellectual properties across social media and web3, expanding its footprint to new platforms, further monetising its franchises
content creators
UAE issues new executive regulation on copyright and neighbouring rights
The new law covers a wide spectrum of the community including creative content creators
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi firm to open virtual office in the metaverse as part of its NFT, blockchain wing
To develop the virtual office in the metaverse, digitalfarm and meta-farm are forming a collaboration with UAE’s Fomo Lab
Abdulaziz Ibrahim Ali Al-Nuaimi
UAE looks to protect rights of authors, artists, musicians, and creators under a new system
A first-of-its-kind MoU between the Ministry of Economy and the IFPI non-profit will take the UAE’s ‘intellectual property system to a new level’, an official said
Abu Dhabi Competitiveness Office
Public and private entities incentivised to support startups through new Abu Dhabi Innovates framework
The framework aims to create and increase demand in innovations, to encourage innovators and entrepreneurs, and to turn ideas into projects