Day: September 14, 2022

The Intellectual Property Rights Department at Dubai Customs received a delegation from the Intellectual Property Department of the International Football Association “FIFA”, who visited the Department to learn more about its leading experience in intellectual property rights protection.

Dubai Customs enhances its efforts to protect intellectual property rights by sharing its leading experience in this field with international organizations and federations in various disciplines, so that they learn about increasing progress achieved by the Department in combating counterfeit goods and to raise awareness of its dangers to public health and its economic and environmental damages.

Yousef Ozair Mubarak, Director of IPR Department,  Mohammed bin Nasser, Manager of IP Dispute Section and Saeed bin Faris, head of awareness and education section and the team received the visitors.

The FIFA delegation included Daniel Zohni, Head of Intellectual Property, and Raed Al-Hout, Brand Protection Counsel, and Omar Obeidat, Partner and Head of Intellectual Property and Competition at Al Tamimi & Company.

Yousef Ozair Mubarak briefed the visiting delegation on Dubai Customs’ strategy in intellectual property rights protection, and customs policies and work mechanisms applied to combat piracy and counterfeiting.

He pointed out that the Department develops the capabilities of employees and inspectors in the field of intellectual property rights protection by organizing awareness workshops with the participation of trademark owners who clarify the ways to discover infringements on their trademarks.

Mubarak stressed that Dubai Customs’ efforts aimed at protecting intellectual property rights stem from the need to address intellectual property infringements to preserve society and trademark owners’ rights.

The Department organized 11 awareness events last year at schools and universities and 8 community awareness events. In addition, 10 workshops were organized to raise awareness of ways to identify counterfeit goods in cooperation with trademark owners. Total number of initiatives was 29 initiatives that targeted 2413 participants.

The number of intellectual property dispute cases resolved by the department in 2021 reached about 390 cases with an estimated value of about AED14.8 million, and about 2.112 million pieces of counterfeit goods were recycled for 221 brands.

Daniel Zohni praised Dubai Customs’ efforts in combating counterfeit goods and the department’s coordination efforts with customs departments in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries within the framework of the Common Customs Law of the GCC countries.

At the end of the meeting, Zohni presented a trophy to the Department in appreciation of its efforts in combating intellectual property crimes.

 

Source: Dubai Customs

DUBAI, Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) today became a signatory to the United Nations’ Women’s Empowerment Principles. EGA is committed to promoting gender diversity throughout its business as well as advocating for women’s role in society.

 

Established by UN Women and the UN Global Compact Office, the Women’s Empowerment Principles are standards for businesses on how to promote gender diversity within the workplace, their markets, and the community, in line with the United Nations 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals.

 

This week marks the second anniversary of the EGA Women’s Network, which continues to advocate for the empowerment and development of women within the organisation.

 

Abdulnasser bin Kalban, Chief Executive Officer of EGA, said, “Heavy industry around the world has historically been male-dominated, and this must change for the good of industrial companies and society. We have already made significant progress at EGA, and our next target is to increase the proportion of women in supervisory positions at EGA in the UAE to 25 per cent by 2025, and for 15 per cent of all roles at EGA to be held by women by 2026.

 

“Becoming a signatory to the Women’s Empowerment Principles enables us to work more closely with other organisations around the world that share our focus on gender diversity and our belief that it drives business performance.”

 

Signing the Women’s Empowerment Principles is a public declaration by companies of support for seven key actions to drive gender diversity – ranging from establishing high-level corporate leadership for gender equality to promoting the education, training and professional development of women, to measuring and publicly reporting progress.

 

Dr. Mouza El Shehhi, Executive Director of UN Women Liaison Office for the GCC, said, “We are delighted to welcome EGA, the largest industrial company in the UAE outside oil and gas, as a signatory to the Women’s Empowerment Principles. This step demonstrates EGA’s firm commitment to advancing womens’ role throughout its operations. We look forward to EGA implementing the principles as it works to become an increasingly gender-diverse organisation.”

 

In 2020, the company launched the EGA Women’s Network, a forum for women at all levels of the company to share their achievements and challenges, and to develop and grow.

 

EGA is a partner of Aurora50, a UAE initiative to build the pipeline of women with the required experience for board-level positions. Nine positions on subsidiary boards within EGA have been taken by women since the start of 2021.

 

Source: Emirates News Agency

ABU DHABI, Sheikh Shakhboot bin Nahyan Al Nahyan, Minister of State, met with Umaro Sissoco Embaló, President of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau.

 

During the meeting, Sheikh Shakhboot bin Nahyan conveyed to President Embaló the greetings of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, and their sincere wishes to the President and people of Guinea-Bissau for further development and prosperity.

 

In turn, the President of Guinea-Bissau reciprocated these wishes to President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, wishing the UAE Government and people further growth and development.

 

President Embaló praised the strong relations between the two countries and cooperation at all levels, highlighting the many opportunities that exist to enhance ties in various fields.

 

For his part, Sheikh Shakhboot bin Nahyan congratulated President Embaló on his assumption of the presidency of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), wishing him success during his presidency and in efforts to achieve regional interests. He also stressed that UAE-Guinea-Bissau relations continue to grow, pointing out that there are many opportunities for advancement.

 

The two sides discussed ways to develop bilateral relations in various fields and a number of regional files of common interest.

 

Sheikh Shakhboot bin Nahyan also met with Suzi Carla Barbosa, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Communities of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, during which they discussed the distinguished relations between the two countries and ways to enhance them.

 

Source: Emirates News Agency