Cairo, July 7, 2021, SPA -- The ninth coordination meeting for heads of industrial intellectual property bureaus (industrial intellectual property) in Arab countries kicked off yesterday virtually, with the organization of the intellectual property and competition administration at the Arab League in cooperation with the Division for Arab Countries at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), with the participation of delegations from 19 Arab countries. Maha Bakhit, head of the intellectual property and competition administration at the Arab League, said that the agenda of the meeting discussed several issues, mainly activities and decision that were made under the framework of the Arab League to support intellectual property, and reviewed top recommendations of the eighth coordination meeting that was held in Egypt in 2018, noting that there is a group of experts of the organization who presented papers on how to utilize intellectual property tools in favor of SMEs, and policies offered by WIPO. -- SPA 10:11 LOCAL TIME 07:11 GMT 0010 www.spa.gov.sa/w1581911