Number of works:

Year	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
No. of works	177	265	270	439	434	555	524	627

Number of companies and establishments registered in the office of intellectual works is 159.

Number of applications submitted by companies

Year	2004	2005	2006
No of applications	876	849	850

• Inspection: during 2004, 83 inspections of shops in Abu Dhabi were conducted and the result was as follows:
  • 27 shops: no violations
  • 32 shops: one-month closure
  • 24 shops: final warning
• Inspection: during 2005 and 2006, 496 inspections of shops in Abu Dhabi were made and the result was as follows:
  • 311 shops: no violations
  • 50 shops: one-month closure
  • 99 shops: final warning
  • 11 shops: reserved
  • 3 shops: undertaking
  • 3 shops: two-month closure
  • 19 shops: closure until further notice
• piracy instances in the UAE

(as per the report of commercial software producers association BSA)

Year	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
No. of books	49%	47%	44%	41%	36%	34%	34%	34%

Trademarks

Year	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
No. of submitted applications	5563	5399	7113	8122	10281
No. of registered trademarks	2966	5525	8724	8724	6804

Patents

Year	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
No. of patent applications	352	404	442	528	627
No. of industrial pattern applications	115	125	215	304	387

* Source: Ministry of Economy, Abu Dhabi Office, P.O.Box: 904, Telephone: 026271100