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PRESSR: UAE participates
in international diplomatic
conference on genetic
resources in Geneva to
promote cooperation in IP
& patent granting systems
May 30, 202410:45 GMT+4
Abu Dhabi: The UAE participated in the Diplomatic Conference on
Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge, organized
by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva.
The Conference marks the final stage of negotiations prior to the
adoption of an international legal instrument on enhancing the
effectiveness, transparency, and quality of the patent system. This
will prevent the wrongful granting of patents to protect inventions
that are not new or innovative with respect to genetic resources and
traditional knowledge associated with them.
The UAE delegation to the Conference was led by H.E. Dr. Abdul
Rahman Al Muaini, Assistant Undersecretary for the Intellectual
Property Sector at the Ministry of Economy, and a number of officials
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