A delegation from King Faisal Foundation visited the Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property (SAIP) premises. The delegation comprised His Highness Prince Mansour bin Saad Al Saud, Assistant Secretary-General of the Foundation, Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Sabeel, Secretary General of King Faisal Prize, Engineer Soliman AlMezied, Dr. Amira Al Munayer, and Mr. Fadi Dahhan.
The meeting was attended by His Excellency Dr. Abdulaziz bin Mohammed Al-Swailem, CEO of the Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property (SAIP), Engineer Sami AlSudais, Executive Vice President for Intellectual Property Policies and Partnerships, Dr. Ali Al-Shanqiti, Executive Vice President of Intellectual Property Operations, Mr. Ahmed Al-Murshidi, and Ms. Ghaida Al-Muqrin.
The meeting highlighted the role of SAIP in protecting and enhancing intellectual property rights. It also emphasized SAIP’s most prominent activities and tasks locally and internationally.
The two sides discussed prospects of cooperation in creating intellectual property policies for King Faisal Foundation and its affiliates. They also discussed the collaboration towards identifying the areas which must be protected and benefiting from the intellectual property services provided by SAIP, including consultation and training for King Faisal Foundation and for its non-profit and profit sectors alike. Other areas of cooperation may include the possibility of introducing intellectual property in the general educational curriculum of King Faisal School making it a role model for other schools, in addition to collaboration in studies and research focused on intellectual property.
Prince Mansour bin Saad Al Saud praised the role assumed by the Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property (SAIP) in enhancing the competitiveness of Saudi Arabia’s economy as SAIP encourages and protects national industries, works with research institutions to provide studies on intellectual property, and prepares specialists in the field of IP protection in the Kingdom. The meeting also discussed the importance of SAIP’s “Intellectual Property Academy” which offers a specialist certificate program for preparing IP Respect Officers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
