The Ministry of Financial system and Tourism has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dubai Science Park, a part of TECOM Group PJSC, to strengthen cooperation within the fields of mental property (IP) safety and patent registration. The strategic partnership will present authorized and technical help to firms working in Dubai Science Park, the area’s main science-focused ecosystem, and all different districts inside TECOM Group, fostering innovation and contributing to the UAE’s information financial system.
The partnership aligns with the Ministry’s continued efforts to strengthen institutional collaboration and foster synergies between private and non-private sector entities. It additionally helps the belief of nationwide objectives associated to innovation and creativity, advancing the UAE’s place as a number one hub for IP rights safety and innovation.
The MoU was signed by H.E. Dr. Abdulrahman Al Muaini, Assistant Undersecretary for the Mental Property Sector on the Ministry of Financial system and Tourism, and Marwan Abdulaziz Janahi, Senior Vice President of Dubai Science Park, Dubai Data Park, and Dubai Worldwide Tutorial Metropolis, a part of TECOM Group.
H.E. Al Muaini underscored the Ministry’s unwavering dedication to advancing the nationwide innovation ecosystem and enhancing the UAE’s capabilities in IP safety. These efforts are strengthened by strategic partnerships with main enterprise districts that actively help entrepreneurs and innovators. They’re additional strengthened by a sturdy collaborative community comprising key stakeholders from each the private and non-private sectors. The overarching aim is to safeguard the rights of creators and inventors within the UAE, whereas offering a legislative and institutional framework that helps the calls for of a quickly rising, knowledge- and innovation-driven financial system.
H.E. mentioned: “The MoU with TECOM Group will present authorized and technical help to enterprise homeowners working inside TECOM Group’s enterprise districts, whereas additionally accelerating the assessment and commercialization of patent functions each domestically and internationally. This, in flip, will improve the financial worth of our nationwide improvements.”
“IP protections are important to foster innovation, and the UAE’s dedication to nurturing human ingenuity is attracting the world’s brightest minds to our nation,” mentioned Marwan Abdulaziz Janahi, Senior Vice President of Dubai Science Park, Dubai Data Park, and Dubai Worldwide Tutorial Metropolis, a part of TECOM Group. “Our strategic partnership with the UAE Ministry of Financial system and Tourism will considerably speed up analysis and improvement, cultivating homegrown innovation that delivers international influence. We’re bolstering the group of outstanding expertise inside our ecosystems to allow long-term development and improvement, in step with the imaginative and prescient of ‘We the UAE 2031’, Dubai Financial Agenda ‘D33’, and Dubai Analysis and Improvement Programme.”
As a part of the settlement, the Ministry of Financial system and Tourism and Dubai Science Park will collectively conduct consciousness campaigns, specialised workshops, and coaching periods to construct IP literacy, alongside initiatives to help innovators in defending and commercializing their innovations in native and international markets. The partnership will even help within the promotion of registered patents by related native and worldwide companies.
The Ministry of Financial system and Tourism will present technical and authorized session to firms working inside Dubai Science Park and different districts underneath TECOM Group. These providers embody expedited processing of patent functions, promotion of registered patents by native firms, and connecting funding alternatives by nationwide and worldwide exhibitions, conferences, and related occasions. The collaboration goals to help the UAE’s goal of reworking improvements into economically viable merchandise, strengthening a knowledge-based enterprise surroundings.
Between January and July 2025, the Ministry of Financial system and Tourism recorded 1,221 patents, in comparison with 466 throughout the identical interval within the earlier 12 months. The Ministry additionally acquired 2,430 new patent functions inside that very same interval within the present 12 months, in comparison with 1,996 within the corresponding interval of 2024. This development displays rising societal and institutional consciousness of IP safety as a key driver of the brand new financial system.
Dubai Science Park affords a cohesive ecosystem for greater than 500 prospects, together with AstraZeneca, BeiGene, and Pfizer, along with 6,500 professionals from the life, vitality, and environmental science sectors. The district’s sector-specific providing consists of Grade-A workplaces, LEED-certified laboratories, and complete storage and logistics services.
Dubai Science Park is a part of TECOM Group’s portfolio of enterprise districts, which incorporates Dubai Web Metropolis, Dubai Media Metropolis, Dubai Studio Metropolis, Dubai Manufacturing Metropolis, Dubai Data Park, Dubai Worldwide Tutorial Metropolis, Dubai Design District (d3), and Dubai Industrial Metropolis.