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Media In – Ras Al Khaimah 8 March 2018
RAK Economic has recently organized a workshop to identify trademark law in the UAE, which aims to protect the interests of businesses inside and outside the country from around the world.
The workshop, presented by Faisal Hassan Al Shehhi, Director of the Department of Business Development and Support, stated that the first step for those who wish to start a project is to design the mark for their project, which is a symbol that distinguishes the project from other projects. The project shall preserve the ownership of his trademark, which guarantees his objection and lodge a complaint with any person or institution that has falsely imitated or stolen his mark.
Al-Shehhi also directed consumers to pay attention to the purchase of any product or commodity and not to be surprised by the brands that are available in the shops because they are cheap at the price, the item may be fake or fake.
In the year 2017, the Department of Trade Protection received three complaints from the owners of the major brands against 18 commercial stores in the Emirate of Ras Al-Khaimah with respect to five trademarks. The department conducts its regular procedures to eliminate this phenomenon by carrying out field visits to shops and investigating the credibility of the complaint submitted. Where counterfeited and counterfeit goods were confiscated and confiscated, and treated 100%.
The workshop explained the penalty law of a person who imitates a trademark under Article (38) to imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year and a fine of not less than 5000 dirhams and not more than 1000 dirhams
