Public Security Department and Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property Sign Cooperation Agreement
Public
Security Department and Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property Sign Cooperation
Agreement
The director of the Public Security
Department (PSD), General Dr. Tawfiq Tawalbeh and the chairman of Talal
Abu-Ghazaleh Organization (TAG-Org), HE Dr. Talal Abu- Ghazaleh signed a
memorandum of understanding between the PSD and Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual
Property (AGIP)in which both parties will
corporate in the fight against forgery, fraud, and Intellectual Property
Rights infringement.
General
Dr. Tawalbeh assured that PSD is keen on the continuous corporation with the
local community institutions in order to serve the security process and to
contribute in its development, and that PSD aims at building partnership with
specialists and people concerned in the fields within the specialty of
PSD.
He
pointed out that during the last years, a special department was established
within the Crime Investigation Department (CID) to protect Intellectual Property
in order to keep pace with the legislative development that granted legal
protection to books, trademarks, and everything within moral and material
production of ideas and creativity, which constitute a large part of our daily
lives, and which relate to individuals and institutions locally and
internationally.
General
Tawalbeh valued the corporation with AGIP, stressing that this
memorandum of understanding will open new corporation opportunities in the
Intellectual Property protection domain, and in the fight against fraud, and
trademark counterfeiting and piracy, and that this protection will reflect on
the national economy and will prevent violation to original trademarks.
Dr. Abu
– Ghazaleh said that this MoU will strengthen the joint efforts of both parties
to transfer expertise related to trademarks protection against fraud and
violation, and will provide those in charge of Intellectual Property Protection
Department with databases include trademarks owned by AGIP' clients, and also
will provide them with specialists' experiences in AGIP in detecting any
suspected illegal trademarks counterfeiting and piracy.
He added
that under this memorandum all roles will integrate to promote legal and
practical knowledge in this field, and to exchange information about
Intellectual Property protection.
The memorandum of understanding includes the
participation of the Department of Intellectual Property Protection personnel
in the CID in lectures, conferences, workshops, and seminars provided by AGIP
in addition to others.