Counterfeit items worth Dh4m seized

Dubai Customs reveals figures on World Intellectual Property Day. Dubai Customs made 40 seizures of counterfeit products worth Dh4 million in the first quarter of this year.

The announcement came during a Dubai Customs event to mark World Intellectual Property Day (April 26) on Sunday.In 2014, more than 300 seizures worth over Dh36 million were made. In the same year, the UAE recorded the lowest software piracy rate in the GCC and Middle East and North Africa regions, Dubai Customs said.

“Dubai Customs exhibits a robust development in officers’ capacity to detect counterfeit products. This has led to a significant surge in the number of seizures involving IP [Intellectual Property] infringing goods,” it said in a statement.