États-Unis d'Amérique

Émirats arabes unis

Moyens de faire respecter les DPI

Procédures pénales

35. Article 61 also indicates that Members may provide for criminal procedures and penalties in cases of wilful infringement of other forms of intellectual property. Please describe any provisions of the laws of the United Arab Emirates that provide for such procedures and remedies, citing to the relevant provisions of law or regulation.

The provisions cited above are applicable to the other forms of intellectual property. The 1992 Patent law No. 44 for instance covers, in its Article 60, patents, utility certificates, know-how, inventions, processes or an element of know-how, industrial designs or any right protected by the law as rights protected against falsification or infringement. These illegal acts against the mentioned protected rights are subject the criminal procedures and monetary fines.