The US annual report on the protection of intellectual property rights revealed great concern about the business practices of many countries around the world, including Arab countries such as Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt.
The report suspects that thousands of markets in the UAE are a gateway for the distribution of counterfeit products in the region and in Europe.
He pointed out that China is still on the throne of U.S. companies' intellectual property rights violation, including theft of trade secrets, Internet piracy, counterfeiting and marketing counterfeit products.
The report indicates that there are obstacles facing American companies in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in particular, particularly in the area of pharmaceutical manufacturing and activating anti-counterfeiting efforts and products. counterfeits.
The report reflects the United States' intention to expose countries that disregard the protection of their companies' intellectual property rights, with an emphasis on exposing these policies and practices and communicating with those country.
The report indicates that Egypt is still on the list of countries monitored by the Office of the United States Trade Representative for the year 2018 to ensure compliance with property protection laws.
He referred to Egypt's efforts to combat illegal television broadcasting and infringement of satellite content.
On the other hand, he mentioned the existence of concerns such as the inability of the Egyptian authorities to fight against large-scale counterfeiting, including computer software, music, video and others.
Saudi Arabia has been re-listed to the list of countries monitored by the Office of the United States Trade Representative for the year 2018 due to the significant deterioration in intellectual property protection
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Saudi Arabia has been re-listed to the list of countries monitored by the Office of the United States Trade Representative for 2018 due to the significant deterioration in intellectual property protection, according to the report.
The report says that Saudi Arabia has granted marketing licenses to local companies to produce pharmaceutical products subject to patent protection from US companies operating in Saudi Arabia or Gulf Cooperation Council countries.
The office considered that the granting of these approvals was based on the data of American companies covered by the system of protection against illegal commercial use in force in Saudi Arabia.
The report points out that these approvals, which contradict local law in Saudi Arabia, raise important questions about the principle of transparency associated with granting approvals for the right to trade and the extent to which patent protection is planned in Saudi Arabia.
The UAE was also placed on a watch list in 2018 in light of long-standing concerns about cracking down on the sale and transhipment of counterfeit goods, as well as recent changes in the number of UAE trade policies. states that the report saw as weakening intellectual property. protections for pharmaceutical production.
Why Emirates??
The office referred to the existence of two main markets in the UAE, with more than five thousand stores selling a wide range of counterfeit products, including communication devices, household appliances, audio equipment, building materials, machines, shoes, handbags and other miscellaneous products.
The US office suspects that these markets are gateways for the distribution of counterfeit or counterfeit products to other markets in the region, North Africa and even Europe, at a time when the United Arab Emirates has been placed in a global center that also includes China, Singapore and Hong Kong for the sale of counterfeit and counterfeit products, and its financial transactions amounted to $284 billion in 2013, according to figures revealed by the report.
The U.S. report pointed out that instead of UAE authorities seizing counterfeit goods and destroying them in free trade zones, UAE authorities allow the re-export and transportation of these products despite having legal authority to destroy such goods.
The report says that instead of Emirati authorities seizing counterfeit goods and destroying them in free trade zones, Emirati officials allow these products to be re-exported and re-transferred despite having the legal authority to destroy these goods.
In addition, U.S. companies that hold property rights have long been concerned about the lack of courts in the UAE to hear IP-related cases, in addition to the lack of transparency and information available regarding IP policy. confiscation of pirated and counterfeit products.
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