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The Ministry of Economy (MoE), represented by the International Centre for Patent Registration, and the French Ministry of Economy, represented by the National Industrial Property Institute (INPI), signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to improve the competitiveness of small and media-sized enterprises (SMEs), and promote intellectual property awareness in both countries.
The MoU aims to promote cooperation and the exchange of knowledge and expertise on intellectual property practices, through training economic representatives on industrial property applications and enabling students to get specialised studies in various areas of industrial property, with focus on patents. This is with the ultimate objective of enhancing the industrial property agent profession in UAE, thus increasing the SMEs competitiveness through the introduction of intellectual property culture and making use of its services and applications.
The INPI, which is the leading authority concerned with registering industrial property rights in France, implements general industrial property policies, promotes the French business sector and supports its competitiveness, as well as participates in combatting counterfeiting.