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DIFC Law No. 4 of 2019 — Intellectual Property Law
A reference record of DIFC Law No. 4 of 2019, drawn from the instrument's own official text. It sets out how the law is organised — its Parts, its article count and its length — and links to the text itself. It does not interpret the law or offer advice on it.
Where this instrument arises in our work: Intellectual Property
At a glance
| Citation | DIFC Law No. 4 of 2019 |
| Short title | Intellectual Property Law |
| Instrument type | DIFC Law |
| Enacted | 2019 |
| Jurisdiction | Dubai International Financial Centre |
| Parts | 7 |
| Numbered articles | 68 |
| Length of official text | 40 pages |
How DIFC Law No. 4 of 2019 is organised
The 7 Parts below are the instrument's own divisions, in the order the official text sets them out.
| Part | Heading |
|---|---|
| Part 1 | General |
| Part 2 | Patents, Utility Certificates, Industrial Drawings And Designs |
| Part 3 | Copyright |
| Part 4 | Trademarks And Trade Names |
| Part 5 | Trade Secrets |
| Part 6 | Commissioner Of Intellectual Property |
| Part 7 | Remedies And Sanctions |
What DIFC Law No. 4 of 2019 covers, article by article
The 65 article headings below are the instrument's own, reproduced in its order. They are a map of the law, not a summary of it — for the wording of any article, read the official text.
- Title
- Legislative authority
- Application of this Law
- Date of enactment and commencement
- Administration of the Law
- Schedules
- Recognition of Patents and Utility Certificates registered in the UAE
- Rights conferred by a Patent or Utility Certificate
- Acts of infringement
- Acts of exploitation that would not constitute infringement
- Reversal of burden of proof
- Patent ownership in employment relationship
- Rights to an Invention
- Rights conferred by an Industrial Drawing or Designs
- Recognition of copyright under the Federal Copyright Law
- Works protected by copyright
- Works that are not protected by copyright
- Authorship
- First ownership of copyright
- Copyright ownership in employment relationships
- Work of Joint Authorship
- Works of Co-Authorship
- Collective Work
- Co-Authors of Audio-Visual Work, audio Work and visual Work
- Moral Rights
- Moral Rights of Performing Artists
- Economic Rights
- Economic Rights of Producers of Sound Recording
- Economic Rights of Broadcasting Organisations
- Economic Rights of Performing Artists
- Lease of software
- Assignment of Copyright
- Licence of Copyright
- Disposal of original copy of a Work
- Attachment of Economic Rights
- Disposal of future Work
- Duration of Copyright
- Acts permitted in relation to copyrighted Work
- Collection societies
- Prohibited Acts
- Recognition of Trademarks Registered in the UAE
- Marks that cannot be protected
- Well-known trademarks
- Rights of Trademark owner
- Licence
- Prohibited Acts that would constitute infringement
- Acts that are not prohibited in relation to Trademarks
- Trade Names
- Conflicts between Trademarks and Trade Names
- General Conditions for Trade Secrets
- Rights of Trade Secrets Owner
- Misappropriation of Trade Secrets
- Acts that are not considered misappropriation of Trade Secrets
- Appointment of the Commissioner of Intellectual Property
- Removal of the Commissioner of Intellectual Property
- Resignation of the Commissioner of Intellectual Property
- Regulations
- Funding
- Annual Funding of the Commissioner of Intellectual Property
- Accounts
- Audit
- Annual Report
- Directions
- Actions with the Court
- Non-Conflict with DIFC Courts
Primary sources
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Acting on DIFC Law No. 4 of 2019
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