Dubai Customs, represented by the Intellectual Property Department, resolved 390 IPR disputes that included 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 organized 8 community awareness activities and 11 events for schools and universities, and organized 10 workshops on combating counterfeiting in cooperation with trademark owners.
“We are continuously developing our skills and performance to combat counterfeit goods and prevent their entry into our local market with the help and cooperation of our strategic partners,” said Yousef Ozair Mubarak, Director of IPR Department.
“At the same time, we are active in raising awareness around protecting and preserving intellectual property rights, and towards this end we organize lectures targeting all social segments and target customs inspectors with training workshops to help them gain more hands-on experience on how to recognize genuine products from fake ones. Combating counterfeiting will help protect the society from the hazards of counterfeit goods, and attract more investments into the country.”
