Dubai Customs discusses more cooperation in protecting intellectual property with American Consulate

Within Dubai Customs’ efforts to enhance cooperation with the American diplomatic missions on protecting intellectual property rights, H.E. Ahmed Mahboob Musabih, Director General of Dubai Customs received an American delegation headed by H.E. Philip Frayne, the United States Consul General to Dubai. The meeting took place in the presence of Mansoor Al Malik, Executive Director for Policies and Legislation at Dubai Customs and Khalil Saqer bin Gharib, Director of Corporate Communication Department, and from the American Consulate side, Dillon Clancy, Political and Economic Officer, Peter Mehravari, Regional Intellectual Property Attaché, and Francis Peters, Principal Commercial Officer attended the meeting.

The American delegation highly applauded Dubai Customs’ incessant efforts to combat counterfeiting and protect American brand owners’ rights.

H.E. Ahmed Mahboob Musabih reaffirmed Dubai Customs’ keenness to boost cooperation with the US diplomatic missions in support of the commercial relationships between the UAE and the USA. The USA is Dubai’s third largest trade partner, with AED 31.7 billion of mutual trade in the first half of 2020.

“We not only seize counterfeited goods, but also recycle them to protect the environment and to make use of them in other aspects. By protecting the rights of brand owners, we help boost Dubai’s standing as a global hub for tourism, travel and trade following the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai to move into the next 50 years with knowledge and outstanding performance. We have managed to effectively deal with covid-19 pandemic and turned the challenge into an opportunity. Dubai Customs completed 16 million transactions in 2020 growing 23% compared to 13 million transactions in 2019,” said Musabih.

H.E. Philip Frayne said; “The cooperation that we have received from Dubai Customs to help protect American brands is excellent and we look forward to further cooperation in the years to come. So I want to congratulate Dubai Customs for all they have done in combating counterfeiting coming through Dubai.”