• Businessmen and entrepreneurs - to protect their commercial ideas, trademarks and other intellectual assets and prevent infringement by competitors.
• Investors - to minimize the risks associated with intellectual property.
• Inventors, scientists - to protect their inventions.
• Authors and creative professionals - to protect their works and creations.
• Lawyers, attorneys and specialists in related fields.
Intellectual property in the UAE is divided into two categories regulated by law: industrial property and copyrights.
Includes trademarks, patents and industrial designs.
Registration: the process of registering trademarks in the UAE is simple and transparent. However, there are a number of rules governing the process. For example, to register a new trademark, it is required that it must not be identical to the existing trademarks.
Types: the law protects word, image, three-dimensional, sound marks, and combinations of these elements.
Use: registration of a trademark entitles its owner to exclusive use for com...