Dubai: «The Gulf»
The General Department of Administrative Affairs in Dubai Police organized a dialogue session entitled “Intellectual Property for Youth: Innovation for a Better Future”, in conjunction with the World Intellectual Property Day, which falls on April 26, during which it discussed encouraging innovation and creativity among the young generation, and the importance of introducing the generation to registering their intellectual property and their innovations in order to preserve them and financially benefit from them.
The session was hosted by First Lieutenant Assistant Expert Abdullah Al Bastaki, a biological and DNA expert, in the General Department of Forensic Evidence and Criminology at Dubai Police, Zahra Al Rajabi, Executive Director of Intellectual Property Data Company, and lawyer Ahmed Zaza from Al Tamimi and Associates.
At the beginning of the session, lawyer Ahmed Zaza spoke about the role of local and regional intellectual property offices in creating a legal and political environment for young entrepreneurs to preserve and benefit from their innovations, while providing an explanation on the definition of intellectual property for intangible assets such as the names and trademarks of companies and others.
For her part, Zahra Al-Rajbi reviewed a working paper entitled “How can intellectual property rights support tomorrow’s youth in creating a better future?”, during which she emphasized that young people are the engine of advancement and progress in societies and they must be made aware of the importance of intellectual property and register their innovations.
For his part, First Lieutenant Assistant Expert Abdullah Al Bastaki spoke about the “invention of the male DNA fingerprint for Dubai Police” and the measures taken by the Dubai Police General Command to document and register it as a patent with the World Patent Organization (WIPO).