Oman to participate in World Intellectual Property Day celebrations

Muscat: On the 26th of April, the Sultanate will participate in global celebrations for the World Intellectual Property Day (IP), with the slogan ‘IP and SME: Taking your Ideas to Market’, the Ministry of Commerce , Industry and Investment Promotion ( MoCIIP) announced on Saturday.

The next day on 27th April, the Ministry, in collaboration with other ministries, the Sultan Qaboos University and other authorities, will organise a webinar to mark the event. The webinar will highlight ways to support innovative projects and how to take them to the market, in addition to discussing the role intellectual property plays in supporting the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as well as the role World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in marketing innovative ideas.

Ali bin Hamad bin Saif Al Maamari, Director of the Intellectual Property Department at the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion, said:  “Oman’s national innovation strategy relies on the intellectual property axis as a basic pillar to develop a national strategy for intellectual property, which can empower the Sultanate to be ranked  among the top 20 countries in the Global Innovation Index.”