The number of intellectual works’ registration certificates issued by the Ministry of Economy to individuals and organizations amounted to nearly 750 during the first five months of 2022, 57 percent higher compared to the same period of 2021, according to Abdulla Al Saleh, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Economy.
During a media briefing on the issuance of the Executive Regulation of Federal Decree-Law No. (38) of 2021 on Copyright and Neighbouring Rights, Al Saleh highlighted the following:
- The Ministry ensured that registration fees do not exceed 50 dirhams for individuals to promote creativity.
- The Ministry has organized 16 workshops on author rights this year, to raise awareness about IP rights.
- More than 31 violating websites have been blocked in 2022 so far in collaboration with the Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA), as part of the Ministry’s endeavors to protect authors’ rights.
- The issuance of the first accessible format copy license to the “Kalimat Foundation” that upholds children’s rights to access books, is in line with the UAE’s ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled.
