The Impact of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 on Intellectual Property

Abstract

Intellectual Property (IP) is defined as legal protection given to creations of the human mind in the form of inventions, literary and artistic works, designs, symbols, names, images and other identification used in business and trade. Patent law is an important sub-discipline of law and could be said to be a field of law that deals with the protection of the interests of the creators of new works and inventions.1 Global IP filings have reached a total of 3.5 million worldwide in 20222. Additionally, countries like China have seen substantial growth in IP filings, driven by strong innovation cultures and flexible legal frameworks3. It is against this background that a more detailed analysis of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 and its potential impact on the nation’s IP profile is conducted.