Protection of intellectual property

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Protection of intellectual property

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  tellectual-property/

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• Seek professional guidance from an intellectual
  property attorney to help your company plan for
  success and avoid theft of ideas, designs, and
  other concepts.
• Some of the intellectual property that can be
  protected are
• Trademark
• Patents
• Copyrights
• Some of the common ways to protect intellectual
  property are as follows

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Register of Intellectual Property

• The strongest protection comes from
  registering intellectual property. This can
  discourage many from infringing the intellectual
  property without the approval of the owner. The
  business needs to register it with relevant
  authority by following all the rules and
  regulations as per UAE law.
• Establishing contractual relationship
• The organization may seek to protect their
  intellectual property through carefully
  constructed legal contracts. Contracts that
  protect intellectual property include the
  following features.
• Non-disclosure agreement
• Clause covering intellectual property such as
  clear ownership clause
• After establishing the contracts, organizations
  should regularly engage with their business
  partners to draw attention to those clauses and
  to ensure that partners fully understand what
  those obligations mean for both parties.

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• The organization may want to need to strengthen
  its security procedures when getting involved in
  a new international venture. This can help to
  quickly identify unauthorized or malicious
  activities by internal-external parties. security
  strengthening practice can include the following
  examples
• Conducting background checks
• Restricting access to essential parties
• Prohibiting unauthorized copies of intellectual
  property

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Including intellectual property clauses in the
terms and conditions

• It is important to include the terms and
  conditions that outline the rules and guidelines
  that users must agree and adhere to in order to
  do business. It is within the agreement that
  should include an intellectual property clause
  that claims the sole ownership of the
  intellectual property.
• Preventive measures
• Below mentioned there are some preventive
  measures that can be followed by the owner for
  protection of the intellectual property
• Conduct research
• in order to avoid the likelihood of confusion,
  the owner of the intellectual property must
  ensure that the intellectual property of others
  in your industry is not similar to the proposed
  mark. This can be attained by conducting proper
  research regarding intellectual property.

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• Trademark Watch services
• If the intellectual property is unnoticed and
  unchecked the intellectual property is likely to
  be stolen
• It is extremely important to monitor the
  intellectual property in order to protect your it
  from infringers
• Monitor your market place
• Below mentioned are some common ways to monitor
  the market place
• It is essential to have a brief track on to new
  products and companies and note the images and
  words in their marks.
• Also Set up Internet search alerts, such as
  Google alerts, to receive emails when words or
  phrases similar to your work are mentioned
  online.
• Investigate products that appear similar.

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• Record evidence of intellectual property
  development
• Keep a log of evidence that records the
  development of your intellectual property. For
  example, file dated and signed copies of drawings
  and drafts.
• Seek expert advice.
• To ensure that any intellectual property you
  created is properly protected contact an
  intellectual property attorney for advice.
• Intellectual Property services
• As a specialist firm HHS lawyers, a legal
  consultant offers intellectual property services.
  Our team comprises of intellectual property
  consultants, to facilitate the intellectual
  property protection process. We can offer
  beneficial support and strategic guidance at
  every stage from analyzing the scope of business
  to the registration of the brand name. To know
  more contact us