Legislation for copyright and neighbouring rights (Federal-Decree Law no. 38) protects numerous kinds of works. Each type of protected works requires quite a specific clarification and assessment which is not following general advice

Nevertheless, some aspects of the clarification can be provided by the author and owner of these rights.

• Registration of your own copyright via the UAE’s Ministry of Economy provides evidence for your rights.

• Gather evidence of your copyright ownership with copies, timestamps of creation, communication, etc.

• Gather evidence of the claim of infringement, providing available information including a timestamp.

• Rank the evidence based on its strength and your own assessment.

• Review the evidence with a qualified and experienced IP lawyer for the next steps.

• Only first clarifications and the collection of evidence is possible without a qualified IP lawyer.

• Based on your explanations and the provided evidence, the lawyer will comment the case and explain further action. Find IP service providers here.