Employees are encouraged by their organisations to use social media sites such as LinkedIn for professional networking purposes. But what happens after your employment ends? Who owns rights to your LinkedIn contacts? Jamie Liddington of Hadef...
What are the IPR issues facing the family business sector? Raka Roy of UTPS shares her insight on possible remedies. Family business (FB) is the mainstay of the business sector in Saudi and almost all of...
Natasha Kohne and Eugene Delgado provide practical considerations for practitioners regarding the reallocation of ‘arbitration costs’ in the UAE. As arbitration practitioners in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are well aware, it is best practice...
As an SME, how can you take advantage of the benefits of intellectual property rights? Nevin Jacob Koshy of UTPS shares his thoughts. So you must have had your first ‘Eureka moment’ and you are now...
Current practices in the reinsurance industry of the UAE impede its growth and development. Bin Shabib & Associates recommends measures that need to be implemented to tackle the challenges. The dynamic nature of the insurance industry...
The lesser known IP insurance is gaining importance in the region as companies seek to protect themselves from infringement. Farzana Hirani of UTPS shares her observations. Intellectual property insurance. A relatively unknown concept, but on the...
What is the likely impact of the Expo 2020 on Dubai’s economy and its real estate market? Tom Calnan explores the benefits in store for the city. Since the Expo win was announced in November last year...
Sarmad Hasan Manto of UTPS explains the necessity and legalities involved in the registration and protection of trademarks in Arabic language in the Middle Eastern countries. Use and consequential infringement of rights in local languages had...
Owen Delaney of Charles Russell LLP takes a practical approach to conducting litigation by looking into the mindset of litigators and arbitrators. To this day I clearly remember my first instructions on a litigation matter; I...
Can poor risk-management dramatically hit the new-born Islamic economy? Laurent Marliere of IsFin shares his concerns. The Enron scandal that was exposed in October 2001, eventually led to the bankruptcy of one of the largest American energy companies and the dissolution of the accounting...
