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“For the accelerator programme, there is a committee which can look into the applicant's request
to waive the fee also,” he said.

Initiatives in the field of water, solar, wind and ocean energy and any other sustainability field will be
supported under the “Green Intellectual Property” initiative, Marwa Al Harmoodi, chief innovation
manager and IP expert at the Ministry of Economy, said. She elaborated that this is open to all UAE
residents and educational and research institutes.

The ministry said that the three-month roadmap will strengthen the competitiveness of the UAE's IP
landscape and contribute to its progress and prosperity, supporting the country's directives to
transition to a circular economy.
Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy and Chairman of the UAE Circular Economy
Council, said they will collaborate with local environmental stakeholders in the country and the
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to implement all the objectives of this roadmap,
providing more enablers and opportunities to motivate inventors and creators to develop
sustainable innovations and projects in critical economic areas and sectors.
Increasing the percentage of green IPs by 8%

Abdulla Ahmed Al Saleh, the undersecretary of the Ministry of Economy, said the aim is to raise the
percentage of patent registrations for sustainable and environmental innovations to eight per cent
of the total number of patent registrations in the country.

He invited innovators, creators, entrepreneurs, institutions, and universities to leverage the
advantages offered by the new roadmap for Green IP, highlighting the competitive environment that
the UAE offers in terms of IP and related activities.

Abdulla Ahmed Al Saleh. Photos by

The undersecretary added that the new roadmap for Green IP aims to promote the adoption of
leading digital solutions and advanced technology by individuals, organizations, and companies to
produce sustainable products and services that contribute to environmental conservation.

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