Qatar University (QU) held Innovation and Intellectual Property (IP) Awareness Day aiming to promote and raise community awareness on the protection of intellectual property at QU.
The event was organised by the newly-established QU Innovation and Intellectual Property (IIP) Office, an arm of QU Research Planning and Development Office and under the auspices of QU Vice-President for Research and Graduate Studies Prof Mariam Al Maadeed.
It included presentations delivered by intellectual property experts from QU and institutions from the public and private sectors. Speakers were Dr Mohamed Sayed Fares, QU College of Law Assistant Professor of Law, Dr Arsalan Safari,QU Center for Entrepreneurship Assistant Professor, Ahmed M Al-Sulaiti, Head of Intellectual Property Awareness Administration at Qatar Ministry of Economy and Commerce, Nival Nabil, Legal Expert at Qatar Ministry of Economy and Commerce and Namir Bachir Sioufi, Patent Attorney at Saba & Co Intellectual Property.
They discussed various topics which included,“Copyright and the University: Protecting your Works”, “Innovation and Intellectual Property in Small Businesses”, “The Role of the Ministry of Economy and Commerce’s Intellectual Property Awareness Administration”, “The Role of the Ministry of Economy and Commerce’s Intellectual Property Administration in obtaining Patents in Qatar”, and “Filing Patent Application and PCT”.
Dr. Mohamed Salem Abou El Farag, IIP Office Manager, provided a brief on the office’s functions and roles such as promoting innovation, protecting all types of IP and enhancing IP awareness among QU community, supporting IP enforcement, marketing QU IP rights, and negotiating IP licensing agreements.
Prof Mariam Al Maadeed, said, “The newly-established QU-IIP Office will contribute to advancing QU research, inventions and IP profile, while seeking to make research knowledge readily accessible by the community, industry and researchers without them violating the laid down rules and regulations.”
