Finance Minister Dr. Ibrahim bin Abdulaziz Al-Assaf opened here today evening the Third Arab Forum on Anti-Commercial Fraud, Counterfeiting and Intellectual Property Rights Protection. The three-day forum is organized by the Saudi Customs at King Faisal Conference Hall at the Intercontinental Hotel. A speech ceremony was held on this occasion. The Forum aims at contributing to regional and international efforts to combat commercial fraud and counterfeiting and to protect intellectual property rights. It also aims at mobilizing efforts at local, regional and international levels to combat commercial fraud in order to preserve safety of the community and to safeguard national and international economy. Following the opening ceremony, Dr. Al-Assaf opened the Second Arab Exhibition on Consumer's Awareness of Genuine Products. The exhibition will foster the awareness aspect due to the importance of the genuine products. It will also enable the specialists and participants to be aware of the role and contributions of relevant agencies involved in combating commercial fraud and counterfeiting. The Exhibition will provide opportunity to the trademark holders to introduce genuine products.
