Q: Which organisations are responsible for trademark and copyright registration in UAE? I am looking to register the trademark for my company but I am not sure where to start.

Q: Online social community - start-up (seed stage). Myself and 3 of my partners are currently finalizing investors proposal (pitch deck) to raise funding capital. Prior approaching investors, we wanted to enquire about intellectual property protection and copyrights. Wanted to get an understanding of how this can be done here in UAE for it to be valid on a global level and how much would it cost. We are looking for brand logo copyright registration, user design/experience copyright registration and potential the idea itself. Would be great to get your advice. Many thanks, Aziz

Q: How do the laws of the UAE affect an NDA with one company in California, USA and the second party based in the UAE? Does the UAE have proper enforcement for the parties to ensure proper guidelines? Please advise.

Q: Hi! I have an idea and want to develop it into MVP. I am in the UAE and my friend who is in the US wants to help me to develop the product. I trust him but without a legally binding document, there could be issues at the later date. We will register the company after trying out our MVP. My question is, what sort of legal contract can I do with him? Note: we haven't registered the company and he is in the US. I need to protect my MVP and he should use the idea to develop his own product.

Q: Dear Sir/Madam, What is the process for patenting my jewelry designs in the UAE, Dubai?

Intellectual Property! The concept seems to some individuals to represent an ambiguous abstraction. To others it represents incongruity. But for many, without a doubt, Intellectual Property (IP) is a potent tool. IP is an intangible asset and is a legal concept for which rights are recognised for the human mind’s creativity. Under this specialised law, owners are granted rights to diverse intangible assets such as inventions, words, phrases, symbols, designs, artistic works and such.

As the need arose to create laws for the protection of personal properties like movable and immovable assets and regulation of transferring their rights of ownership, it had also become crucial to regulate the intellectual property rights as in artistic and literary works, inventions, companies' logos and products/services...etc. Seeking to protect such rights requires a basic knowledge about their origin and significance.