News & Reports
UAE Adopts Formal Collective Management Framework for Musical Works
By Ministerial Resolution No. 136 of 2026, the UAE Ministry of Economy and Tourism has adopted a Collective Management Guide for Music, introducing a licensing mechanism for the public commercial use of musical works and phonograms.
Executive Regulations Clarify Enforcement of the Commercial Fraud Law
The UAE has issued the Executive Regulations implementing Federal Decree-Law No. (42) of 2023 on Combating Commercial Fraud, providing the procedural framework for how commercial fraud cases will be investigated, managed, and enforced in practice.
Trademarks and Parody: Jack Daniel’s Revisited
On 4 August 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed the 23 January 2025 decision of the trial court, the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, in the long-running trademark litigation between Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. (“Jack Daniel’s”), and VIP Products, LLC (“VIP”)
Uzbekistan Adopts Six New Administrative Regulations Digitalising Patent Procedures
On 10 June 2026, Uzbekistan adopted Resolution No. 297 approving six administrative regulations governing state services in the field of intellectual property.
Overcoming poverty as the technical problem to be solved by humankind
Intellectual and Industrial Property is usually seen as a tool for protecting innovation and promoting creativity.
Invitation to the V Congress of the AIPPI Central America and Caribbean Regional Group
Join Us in San José, Costa Rica for the V Congress of the AIPPI Central America and Caribbean Regional Group!