Intellectual Property News - Latest Updates & Headlines
Dubai Customs launches 'Basma' Award to foster innovation, protect intellectual property
Dubai, February 16: In alignment with the UAE's "Year of Community" goals, which focus on skill development, talent nurturing, and fostering innovation across various fields, and as part of its commitment to promoting a culture of creativity and innovation while raising awareness about the protection of intellectual property rights and combating infringements, Dubai Customs has launched the "Basma (Imprint)" Award.
Students selected for international moot court competition to be sponsored by Govt: Piyush Goyal
New Delhi, February 7: Students selected for an international moot court competition on International Property Rights (IPR) will be sponsored by The Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (CGPDTM), stated Commerce Ministry Piyush Goyal on Friday.
UAE launches new roadmap for 'Green Intellectual Property' to drive innovation
Abu Dhabi, February 6: The Ministry of Economy launched a new roadmap for "Green Intellectual Property (IP)" designed to foster innovation, accelerate technology localisation, and develop new projects in the new economy, environmental sustainability, and circular economy.
UAE to host International Reprographic Rights Conference on February 19
Sharjah, January 31: Under the patronage and in the presence of Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi, Honourary President of the Emirates Reprographic Rights Management Association (ERRA), the UAE will host the first International Conference on Reprographic Rights Management.
OpenAI probing if China's DeepSeek used its models to train AI
New Delhi, Jan 29: As Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) DeepSeek continues to rattle the technology world amid the US-China trade war, OpenAI now suspects that ChatGPT data has reportedly been used by DeepSeek to train its cheap AI models.
Centre sets target of 10,000 Geographical Indication tags by 2030
New Delhi, Jan 23: In a thrust to the intellectual property rights (IPR) ecosystem in the country, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, has set a target of 10,000 Geographical Indication (GI) tags by 2030.