Over 95,000 items seized, by SAIP, during Inspection Campaign

Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property (SAIP) released the enforcement report, for the year 2021.

This was unfolded, as a part of its efforts to protect intellectual property rights in cooperation with the Ministry of Commerce and Public Security and the General Authority for Audio-Visual Media, in conjunction with other authorities, to enhance respect for intellectual property rights in the Kingdom through field inspection tours, seeking to uncover facilities that violate regulations and laws in the Kingdom, SPA reported.
More than 95,000 items were seized during the inspection campaign, including copied books, satellite broadcasting devices, and computer program storage devices, the report indicated.

Electronic inspection and monitoring were also carried out by blocking more than 2,000 websites that violated intellectual property rights.
The works subject to the copyright protection system constituted more than 9,000 works in violation of intellectual property rights, while the counterfeit trademark products constituted more than 85,000 products in violation of the trademark system.