22/05/1999
Al-Alam Alyom Newspaper 1999/MAY /22
The issue of intellectual property protection has emerged as a result of some countries using foreign product trademarks in order to export their own local made products. Because of this, there is a need for protecting individuals of intellectual productions and empowering them to invest the outcome of their own creativity for a specific term, while protecting consumers as well.(Available in Arabic – German in PDF )
The issue of intellectual property protection has emerged as a result of some countries using foreign product trademarks in order to export their own local made products. Because of this, there is a need for protecting individuals of intellectual productions and empowering them to invest the outcome of their own creativity for a specific term, while protecting consumers as well. Dr. Riad confirms that industrial countries have placed pressure on developing countries to approve the suggested frame for the protection law. According to Riad, these countries have held several multilateral negotiations in order to reach an international agreement to combat the trade of counterfeit products. It is also their goals to add the protection of commercial confidential information as a type of intellectual property.