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Filing Requirements:

Copyright: United Arab Emirates


Copyright Requirements:

  1. Statement containing full description of the work (Power Form).

  2. Identification documents of the applicant, in case the applicant is not the author of the work if the application is procured by agent.

  3. Written declaration by the author, or his heirs, upon his death, evidencing his or their ownership of the work.

  4. Written statement made by the author, or his heirs, upon his death, determining the way chosen by the author for publication of the work, or by his heirs, if the author did not state in his will another way of publication.

  5. Rights in exploiting the work according to Article (37) and (32) of the law, if the application has been filed by the assignee.

  6. Written permission from the original author or his heirs, upon his death, if the subject work is deviated from the original work in any way whatsoever, in a manner which makes it look novel according to Article (5) of the law.

  7. The contract concluded between the author and natural or legal person under whose instructions and name the work was produced and published in accordance with the provision of Article (24), if the application was filed by the said person.

  8. A certificate of entry in the register of commercial agencies at the Ministry of Economy and Commerce in case there is a local agent in the country for the foreign product.

  9. A certificate from the Censorship Department at the Ministry approving the work in accordance with the provisions of the Printing of the Publication Law.

  10. Ten copies of the work that cold be reproduced through printing or any other means.

  11. Power of attorney legalized authorizing us to apply for copyright protection.

Remarks :

  • The documents in item (2), (3), (4), (5), (6) and (7) must be legalized up to the United Arab Emirates Consulate and accompanied with an Arabic translation in case the text is produced in any other language. This is in additional to item No (1).
  • Applications can be filed if attached to the documents mentioned in item (1), (9) and (10) if the applicant undertakes to submit the remaining documents required.
  • Copyright is protected for 50 years.


 


 

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