RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is soon planning to launch its first national strategy for protecting intellectual property, a top government official said. “The move is part of the Kingdom’s plan to promote knowledge-based economic activities as it diversifies its income streams away toward non-oil sectors under the grand scheme of Vision 2030,” Sami Al-Sudais, deputy chief executive of
RIYADH: King Salman has appointed several executives and government vice ministers to the board of the Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property to help it become a globally recognized IP hub for the Middle East and North Africa.
JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia and South Korea recently agreed to implement 35 intellectual property projects together. A memorandum of understanding was signed on the sidelines of the Saudi-Korean Investment Forum in Riyadh by Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Suwailem, chief executive officer at the Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property, and Dr. Kim Yong Rae, commissioner of the Korean
RIYADH: Saudi officials have confiscated and destroyed more than 95,000 items that violated intellectual property rights. The goods included pirated books, satellite broadcasting equipment and computer data storage devices, the Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property said in a report. More than 2,000 websites that violated intellectual property rights were also closed down,