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A list of offences and penalties that relate to counterfeiting and piracy.
Guidance on searching for right holders in copyright works to obtain permission to reproduce the work.
This guide explains the Intellectual Property practice under the Registered Designs Act 1949 and the Registered Design Rules 2006.
Benefit from your design by licensing, mortgaging, selling, changing ownership and exploit by marketing.
Understand how intellectual property crime and infringement occurs and impacts on businesses.
Section (13.01 - 13.144) last updated July 2020.
Section (2.01 - 2.70) last updated: January 2021.
Section (5.01 - 5.56) last updated: March 2017.
Information to help you protect, manage, and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in the UAE.
Sections (60.01 - 60.33) last updated: January 2024.
Section last updated: April 2025.
If you are in a dispute with someone over the infringement or validity of a patent or SPC, you may request a non-binding opinion.
Publication date 27 August 2025.
Sections (20A.01 - 20A.16) last updated: April 2021.
Sections (25.01 - 25.15) last updated: April 2021.
Patentability.
Music industry voluntary code that is a commitment to standards of good practice in relation to music streaming.
Rectification is the legal procedure which allows anyone to apply to correct an error or omission to the recorded details of a registered trade mark.
Sections (23.01 - 23.08) last updated: April 2023.
Sections (77.01 - 77.25) last updated October 2023.
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