The Emirates Intellectual Property Association (EIPA) successfully presented a functioning paper qualified 'Innovation and Imagination in the UAE' throughout its involvement at the second China High quality Meeting, which was held recently, 2017 in individuals's Republic of China (PROC). EIPA's presence at the event was intended towards sharing and discovering more concerning finest methods in the area of Copyright Civil liberty (IPR) while also complementing the UAE's dedication to participating in international meetings to assist in a smoother and smooth exchange of competence, knowledge and experience among leading global copyright organizations. The EIPA delegation was led by Major General Dr. Abdul Quddus Abdul Razzaq Al Obaidly, Assistant Commander-in-Chief for Quality and Excellence, Dubai Police and the Head of Board of Directors, EIPA, gone along with by Sheikha Ahmed Al Rahoumi, Member, EIPA; Ibrahim Mohammed Al Falami, Federal government Intermediary, EIPA and Mohammed Abdullah Al Baloushi, Member, EIPA.

Throughout the first day of the meeting, the visiting EIPA officials met Hong Xiang Wang, Managing Partner, Shanghai License and Trademark Office. The delegation was provided a briefing on exactly how licenses are processed in China. In his presentation, Wang revealed that greater than 364,000 local and foreign licenses were processed by the Shanghai License and Hallmark Office from 2008 to 2016. To this day, the number of licenses in China is claimed to have gotten to three million and is anticipated to boost continuously. He additionally shared that their labor force is anticipated to expand by 20,000 staff members. The office carries out annual exams for license representatives, which has an approval price of 20 percent-- with just 5,000 prospects passing the test. Currently, the office presently has 16,000 license representatives with 2,000 of them being certified to submit lawsuits in China courts. Wang also shared that the office's various other solutions include the provision of training courses to office partners, management of its various legislation workplaces in China, growth and application of projects and organizing key occasions like conferences and workshops.

Wang even more disclosed that they place key value in research and development (R & D). As a matter of fact, the office has helped several research study initiatives in obtaining grants and awards from the government, including acquiring a five-star rating for registering copyright right patents. The Shanghai Patent and Trademark Office is widely recognized in China for its highly helpful work environment-- providing tactical advantages to trademark proprietors that safeguard them from any kind of possible violations against their intellectual property rights.

H.E. Obaidly offered a presentation that focused on how EIPA was established, its objectives, goals and the activities it holds in teamwork with the World Copyright Organization (WIPO). He likewise talked about the worldwide conferences that EIPA has kept in partnership with INTERPOL and the numerous efforts it has executed in partnership with UAE law enforcement agencies. According to WIPO, the UAE is currently placed 23rd in the World Intellectual Property Indicators listing.

On the 2nd day of the meeting, His Excellency offered the EIPA working paper, detailing the critical strategy that the UAE federal government has taken towards the enablement of owning in more innovation and creative thinking-- implementation of programs and campaigns, growth of innovation-focused laboratories, production and the maintenance of technological facilities.

H.E. Al Obaidly mentioned, "Under the regulations of H.H. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the President of the UAE and under the advice of H.H. Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai; and H.H. Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Royal prince of Abu Dhabi and Replacement Supreme Commander of the UAE Army, the UAE seeks to constantly capitalize on all readily available human and physical resources making the country among one of the most progressed in the world in innovation by 2021. This has led the UAE to rate 35th in the Global Innovation Index in 2017 and first in the region for two successive years. We applaud the Chinese Federal government for arranging these important meetings to advertise applications that increase the standards of quality, which adds to economic growth and lasting development."

Al Obaidly additionally kept in mind that the UAE leads the region and rates 18th worldwide on the planet Digital Competitiveness Rankings 2017 provided by the IMD World Competition Facility based in Lausanne, Switzerland.

On the third day of the meeting, the EIPA delegation and H.E. Rahid Matar Al Kamzy, the Consul-General of UAE to China, saw the Shanghai Copyright Management and met with Ji Ciawi, Vice President of Shanghai Copyright Administration. During the see, EIPA offered to the group a number of efforts including the Shanghai Copyright Record, prepares to construct a global facility for innovation in Shanghai, the Chinese Federal government Technique on Intellectual Property Security, and the Shanghai Local Strategy on the Intellectual Property Security, which intends to create an attractive and business-friendly working environment. The group of EIPA authorities likewise visited the Scientific research and Technology Payment of Shanghai Community, Huawei R & d Center in Shanghai, the Criminal and Economic Investigation Departments in Shanghai Municipal Police, Chaoyi for Innovation and Sayek Auto to discover the current ideal practices and successful experiments in Shanghai.

The delegation discovered the administrative and lawful facets of China's copyright defense system, which disclosed that any violation against a company, the affected event can provide a case at the EIPA or any type of court. A complete investigation will initially be carried out by EIPA and an issuance of a final administrative choice, enforceable by the court. Nonetheless, this option does not attend to settlement of problems as judgment for such could just be given by the court.

The Major General thanked their Chinese hosts for their hospitality and expanded an invitation to attend EIPA's upcoming forum in November in Dubai.