Under the patronage of Lt. Gen. Dhahi Khalfan Tamim, Deputy Chief of Police and Security in Dubai and Honorary President of the Emirates Intellectual Property Association (EIPA), the Dhahi Khalfan Intellectual Property Center hosted its 3rd Community Safety Conference at the Dubai Police Officer Club on December 12, 2017. The event was held under the theme of Combating Counterfeiting Through Standardization and Metrology in collaboration with Dubai Police and Underwriters Laboratories (UL), the worldwide safety screening, certification and examinations company. The seminar offered local and regional stakeholders and various other prominent participants with an efficient platform to talk about methodical means to eliminate counterfeiters and boost community security in the UAE and the wider region.

The latest edition recommended vital steps for reinforcing initiatives to secure intellectual property (IP) legal rights, with delegates with one voice agreeing on their essential role as a cornerstone for the protection of innovative work and a key column for the improvement of the knowledge-based economy. The forum required typical specifications in the structure of teamwork in between the general public and private sectors, resulting in a secure economic situation that supports complete advancement.

The conference advised the unification and intensification control measures for the top quality and safety of products authorized by the Emirates Authority for Standardization and Metrology (ESMA). The final recommendations asked for higher teamwork with copyright authorities to impose laws to prevent illegal methods - consisting of the facility of a national database covering all IP rights information registered within the UAE for very easy recognition of counterfeiting problems.

The recommendations additionally included aiding government employees operating in copyright units to compare fake and initial products through specialized training workshops and the exchange of knowledge and experience, as well as tightening fines for all celebrations involved in the promotion of imitation items online. Campaigns targeted at spreading out community recognition on the threats of imitation products on human life and public health were also recommended.

The final recommendations even more focused on supporting the unification of customizeds legislations and procedures exercised by GCC states by adding short articles associated with the defense of copyright legal rights and enhancing collaborations between customizeds authorities and concerned government agencies. This will boost the efficiency and performance in implementing the pertinent legislation to safeguard intellectual property legal rights to be used in numerous custom-mades ports of the UAE and Gulf nations. The recommendations emphasized the need to raise lawful understanding amongst customs examiners on intellectual properties by using smart technical technologies and adopting artificial intelligence techniques in customs work to battle counterfeiting and fraud.

Major General Dr. Abdul Quddus Abdul Razzaq Al Obaidly, Assistant Commander-in-Chief for Dubai Authorities's High quality and Excellence and Chairman of EIPA's Board of Directors, highlighted the value of the last referrals in supporting nationwide efforts to combat counterfeiting and piracy. He jointly referred to them as an advance in elevating the productivity and competitiveness of the nationwide economic climate and making it the very best worldwide with the protection of IP rights. He likewise highlighted the continuous commitment in supporting the UAE's accomplishments in combating sell counterfeit goods, in addition to offering an investment-friendly, affordable and safe economic atmosphere that is perfect for business development.

Major General Dr. Al Obaidly said: "The 3rd Community Security Seminar is a perfect possibility to attend to one of the most crucial issues related to combating counterfeiting, at a time when economic, social, safety and health dangers as a result of the trade of imitation products are enhancing. This needs preventative actions to be taken with compliance with worldwide standards, in the middle of assumptions that counterfeiting, and piracy will negatively impact the global economic situation by incurring a loss of USD 4.2 trillion, with 5.4 million jobs endangered 2022."

" We are pleased in to come out with important recommendations that will certainly lead the way to establishing new mechanisms and innovative methods. These will certainly battle counterfeiting and piracy and minimize their effect on the economic, social and protection degrees with a focus on the role of the general public and private sectors in creating clear structures to drive development based on human creative thinking. This enhances UAE Vision 2021's goal of constructing a very affordable, effective and knowledge-based economy driven by business owners sustained by a stimulating business environment that urges efficient public-private partnerships," he better added.

For his part, Dr. AbdelRahman Al Obaidly, General Assistant of the seminar, said: "The 3rd Community Security Seminar has shown to be a solid boost for recurring initiatives to protect IP legal rights and human innovative outcome. It requires triggering worthwhile partnerships between the public and economic sectors to embrace effective techniques for minimizing the financial, social and safety and security threats arising from the proliferation of imitation goods."

" We look forward to the final recommendations to support the nationwide directive towards developing solid structures for drafting lawful and legislative structures avoiding counterfeiting and piracy. They will certainly stimulate imagination which is just one of one of the most famous functions of thorough advancement and a solid column for signing up with the rankings of the best countries on the planet in the field of copyright security by the year 2021," he included.

The 3rd Community Safety Conference was hosted by the Dubai Law Enforcement Agent Club and featured 3 panel conversations. The first session gone over 'Replica and Piracy and their Influence On the National Economic situation,' 'The Function of Personalizeds in Safeguarding the Community,' A Safer Society Without Counterfeiting, and Protecting the Market from the Electronic Promotion of Counterfeiting Goods in Accordance with IP Rights. The 2nd session touched on Innovation and Its Impact on Society from a Cybersecurity Point of View and Impact on Public Safety from Counterfeiting of Fire and Life Critical Products. The 3rd and final panel discussion was committed to the private sector, highlighting 'Dangers of Counterfeiting in Gas Directors and Sprinkles,' Parallel Imports in Foods Products, and P&G Experience with Counterfeits: Is It Safe for Consumers?.