Statistics regarding Intellectual Properties
Number of works:
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
|
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
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
|
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)
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
|
49% |
47% |
44% |
41% |
36% |
34% |
34% |
34% |
Trademarks
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
|
5563 |
5399 |
7113 |
8122 |
10281 |
|
2966 |
5525 |
8724 |
8724 |
6804 |
Patents
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
|
352 |
404 |
442 |
528 |
627 |
|
115 |
125 |
215 |
304 |
387 |
* Source: Ministry of Economy, Abu Dhabi Office, P.O.Box: 904, Telephone: 026271100