The Right over a Copyright
Type
E-journal
Date
25 May 2016
Jurisdiction
United Arab Emirates
Taxonomy
Copyrights
Copyright
LexisNexis
Relevant company
Al Tamimi & Company
Legal reference
UAE Federal Law No. 32/2006, UAE Federal Law No. 7/2002
Analysis
Number a time we receive queries in relation to rights over the designs, drawings, models, specifications or reports (“Designs”) prepared upon an employer's request for its various projects by an specialized Architectural Engineering firms/individuals appointed for such purpose (the “Architectural Engineers”).
Employers are usually interested to know what kind of rights they have over the Designs and to what extent. Also what is required to safeguard such rights, if any?
The matter of copy right over Designs is regulated under the law No. 7 for the year 2002 as amended by law no. 32 for the year 2006 in respect of Author Copyrights and Parallel Rights otherwise known as (“Copyright Law”).
The Copyright Law has referred to the different types of rights protected under it as the “work of Art” and defined it as “Any original authored Work of Art in the field of arts, fine arts or sciences of whatever type, manner of expression, significance or purpose”.