MOHAMMAD AL-SULAMI: JEDDAH: A meeting has been held between Saudi Arabia’s Authority for Intellectual Property and the Kingdom’s business sector, in a bid to strengthen their ongoing partnership.The Executive Chairman of the Authority Dr. Abdulaziz bin Mohammed Al-Suwailem stressed that it was the first in a series of meetings that the Authority intends to organize with the various private sector activities in Saudi Arabia to consult on intellectual property issues, the challenges facing the sector, and prospects for cooperation between the two sides. A historical background of intellectual property in Saudi Arabia was presented to the delegates, showing its accession to the International Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in 1982, through to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (PARIS) and the issuance of a number of related regulations such as copyright, patent and trademark. They also discussed the national strategy for intellectual property, the development of intellectual property systems, the efficient and high quality of products and services, the raising of awareness of intellectual property rights, as well as the direction of the intellectual property system in the Kingdom.