Article

The role of intellectual property laws in creating a favourable environment for investment

Published in: Arab Law Quarterly

Aug 03, 2020

/ Firas Massadeh / Tariq Kameel

This article analyses the role of intellectual property laws in fostering domestic and foreign investment in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). As a signatory to all the major international agreements on intellectual property rights, such as the World Intellectual Property Organisation, the UAE has established legislative protection of intellectual property rights to create a favourable environment for investment. This study has two main aims. First, it analyses whether the approach taken by UAE l...


Article

Online Sales Contracts: A Study of the UAE Law

Published in: Journal of Legal, Ethical and Regulatory Issues

Sep 12, 2019

Ziad Kh. Al Enizi Suhaib Walid Sharaiyra

Online sales contracts are concluded between parties who are not necessarily present in the same location, and who are usually located in different countries having different legal jurisdictions. This fact gives rise to several issues including the determination of the applicable law to online sales. Thus, this analytical study endeavors to examine the adequacy of UAE legal rules in determining the applicable law to online sales contracts, and analyze the solutions presented by the UAE legislat...


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'The Compatibility of Arab Laws and Modern International Trends with the Freedom of Parties to Choose the Law Applicable to International Trade Contracts'

Published in: Global Trade and Customs Journal

Sep 10, 2019

Ziad Al Enizi / Ramzi Madi

This article deals with the compatibility of the Arab laws and modern international trends represented in the principles of The Hague Conference (2015), on the freedom of the parties to choose the law applicable to international trade contracts in two sections. The first indicates the compatibility of an international issue; whereas the second section tackles discrepancies and contrasts in the scope of the freedom granted to the parties to choose law through the study of four axes: the exten...


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Consumer Protection in International Online Consumption Contracts: In view of UAE Law

Published in: Journal of Legal, Ethical and Regulatory Issues

Jul 09, 2019

Ziad Kh. Al-Enizi Mohammed A. Aladaseen

The accessibility to the internet is increasing rapidly nowadays, allowing the conclusion of a larger number of online international consumer contracts. Most national legislations handled consumer protection and internet contracts locally, as different jurisdictions have their own laws and regulations in that regard. However, there is no protection provided for online consumers globally. Therefore, consumers are in urgent need for protection at the present time where internet transactions witne...

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