DUBAI, 21st January, 2023 (WAM) Dubai Customs launched the Intellectual Property Award for Schools and Universities 2023.The Intellectual Property Rights Protection Department dedicated the award this year to projects created and built by school and university students including smart training, awareness and communication applications.Standards and requirements of the nominated projects are specified in the Award's portfolio shared with the participants. Projects, in order to be shortlisted for the award, should be built by a team of students, and the idea should be novel.The deadline.
DUBAI, 9th February, 2022 (WAM) Dubai Customs, represented by the Intellectual Property Department, resolved 390 IPR disputes including 14,788 million counterfeit items in 2021.
The department also recycled 2.112 million counterfeit items for 221 brands and registered 437 new trademarks and 189 trade agencies last year.
To raise awareness around the importance of intellectual property rights, the IPR Department organised eight community awareness activities and 11 events for schools and universities and organised 10 workshops on combating counterfeiting in cooperation with trademark owners.
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Dubai: Around 134,000 counterfeit items of 42 brands, with a street value of Dh1.018 million, have been recycled by the Dubai Customs as part of their efforts in combating piracy and counterfeiting as well as promoting sustainable development.
The recycled goods included bags, clothes, watches, gloves, glasses and car filters. The recycling operation took place in the presence of US, Germany, Japan and UK diplomatic mission representatives.
Dubai Customs said “recycling counterfeit goods helps brand owners get rid of copied products, without negatively affecting the environment.
Turning into usable items
Yousef Ozair Mubarak, Director of IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) Department at Dubai Customs, noted: “The IPR Department works closely with different partners to curb counterfeiting in line with TRIPS (The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights), an international legal agreement between all the member nations of the World Trade Organisation (WT