The SAIP announces the release of the semi-annual report on
intellectual property information for the year 2022. The report
showed a growth in the number of patent applications filed in the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during the first half of 2022 AD compared
to the same period last year by 37%, and requests for voluntary
registration of copyright works witnessed a growth of 26%, and the
number of trademark applications reached 18,965 applications, an
increase of 1%, and the number of industrial designs registration
applications filed reached 661, a decrease of 8% compared to the
same period last year1.
Moreover, the SAIP has published the numbers of the inspection
work for the first half of 20222, which showed that more
than 5 million items on infringing intellectual property rights
were seized during the inspection campaigns. The report reflected
that more than 5,000 visits were conducted to enforce intellectual
property rights and 869 of such visits were mystery
