With the aim of encouraging business sectors to support innovators and inventors

"Economy" and "Ajman Chamber" cooperate in the protection of intellectual property

The Memorandum of Understanding was signed via video communication technology.

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The Ministry of Economy and the Ajman Chamber of Commerce and Industry signed a memorandum of understanding to enhance cooperation in the field of intellectual property protection, patent registration, and the dissemination and promotion of a culture of innovation among segments of society.

The memorandum was signed by the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Economy, Abdullah Al Saleh, and the Director General of the "Ajman Chamber", Salem Al-Suwaidi, via video communication technology.

Enhance integration

Al Saleh stressed the Ministry of Economy's keenness to enhance integration between federal and local efforts to develop the national economy.

He pointed out the importance of this memorandum, which works to support and strengthen the intellectual property protection system in the country, which represents a key pillar of building a competitive knowledge economy based on innovation and creativity, led by national competencies, and contributing to the advancement of the innovation environment in the country, and enhancing its position as a regional and global destination for innovation. Creativity and talents, in line with the state's directions and strategic plans for the next 50 years.

Al Saleh added that the importance of this memorandum is evident through the creation of a new partnership between the Ministry of Economy and the Ajman Chamber of Commerce and Industry, for cooperation and exchange of information and studies on everything related to innovation and intellectual property in the country, and their employment in the service of the competitiveness of the state in general, and the Emirate of Ajman in particular, stressing the work through this memorandum To find effective and rapid mechanisms for exchanging information, experiences and studies, and to provide an effective framework between the work teams in the Ministry and the Ajman Chamber to work jointly and harmoniously to harmonize strategies and develop initiatives and projects that serve the competitiveness of the UAE globally.

innovative projects

For his part, the Director General of the “Ajman Chamber”, Salem Al-Suwaidi, stressed the importance of the memorandum of understanding, and its role in creating an attractive climate to encourage the business community to adopt innovative projects and rely on artificial intelligence, by linking business owners with inventors and owners of innovative ideas, as well as Introducing the owners of innovative projects on how to market their projects in the Emirate.

He stated that the Department of Development and Innovation in the "Ajman Chamber" is relentlessly seeking to provide tools and supportive means to direct the economic sector in the emirate, and to benefit from innovations and creative ideas, by diversifying the Chamber's partnerships with the relevant authorities in this field.

Al Suwaidi explained that the development of the field of innovation, and the increase in patent registration, will be directly reflected in the performance of the economic sector in the emirate and the country in general, praising the efforts of the Ministry of Economy in spreading the culture of innovation and working to develop the field of intellectual property protection and patents in the country.

innovation support

The memorandum of understanding aims to support the innovation environment, preserve intellectual property rights and patents, protect innovative projects, encourage various business sectors to support innovators and inventors, adopt innovative projects and ideas and their applications, as well as sponsor initiatives and projects that encourage incubating innovations in priority scientific and economic fields. , in line with the state’s directions to reach the first positions in the world in the field of innovation and leadership.

Awareness campaigns

The memorandum provided for the organization of joint awareness campaigns about patents and intellectual property rights through seminars and specialized events targeting companies and factories of members of the Ajman Chamber, and working to develop a joint mechanism to motivate inventors and innovators from students, employees and business owners in the emirate, by providing support Technical and legal, in coordination and cooperation with the competent authorities, in addition to organizing a joint mechanism for holding periodic forums for innovators and inventors in the emirate to exchange experiences and expertise, organizing a specialized training program in the field of innovation and invention, mechanisms for registering intellectual property rights, patents and related legal aspects, and establishing a common information base It includes statistics and information related to intellectual property rights, patents, and innovative activities and projects in the Emirate.

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