(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Doha: The General Authority of Customs participated in the Arab Customs Day which falls on March 3 each year, by organising an awareness lecture about the importance of protecting intellectual property rights and combating commercial fraud and counterfeiting of all kinds.

By organising this annual event, the Authority aims to showcase the latest developments related to combating commercial fraud and explain all measures to protect intellectual property, and to introduce the basic concepts of intellectual property and related parties from the public sector and the private sector.

Ibrahim Abu Fantas, an expert in operations management and risk analysis, reviewed, during the lecture, a number of examples of trademark imitation operations, explaining ways of comparing the counterfeit and original brands and how to differentiate between them. 

Commercial fraud and its negative effects on the strength and progress of the economy were also discussed, explaining in detail the laws regulating the protection of intellectual property rights. 

MENAFN0403202000630000ID1099797230