United Arab Emirates Federal Law No. 40 of 1992 On the Protection of Intellectual Works and copyright

Abstract

This item is an English translation of United Arab Emirates Federal Law No. 40 of 1992 concerning the protection of intellectual works and copyright. It opens by defining the principal legal terms such as work, author, publication, reproduction, and folklore, then sets out the scope of legal protection for literary, artistic, and scientific works, the cases in which such protection applies within and beyond the State, and the provisions governing deposit. The text further outlines the moral and economic rights of the author, the protected forms of exploitation, the right of translation, the rights of heirs, and the legally permitted uses of protected works without prior authorization in specific educational, quotation, media, library, and cultural contexts.

The law then proceeds to regulate the duration of protection, the rules governing joint, collective, and audiovisual works, the rights of producers, the transfer of patrimonial rights, and the procedures of deposit and registration. It also includes a chapter on sanctions dealing with infringements, unauthorized publication, confiscation, and closure, and concludes with final provisions concerning implementation, repeal, and publication in the Official Gazette. The importance of this item lies in its function as a direct legislative reference in the field of copyright and intellectual property in the United Arab Emirates, and it should be indexed as one integrated legal text rather than as a set of separate sections.