<img src="https://publish-01.obsidian.md/access/744ac39d33cabbc297b91373bfcac24d/bin/images/UAE_map.png" alt="United Arab Emirates " class="page-header-sidebar-image"> United Arab Emirates has provisions in its legislation relating to the granting of compulsory licences. These can be found in Federal Law No. (11) of 2021 on the Regulation and Protection of Industrial Property Rights. - Public-interest / emergency / crisis - The Minister (or delegated official) may issue a compulsory licence where the exploitation of a patented invention is important for the public interest (e.g., public health, crisis, disaster). The Minister’s decision is published in the Industrial Property Bulletin. - Non-working / impossibility to exploit without infringing others / insufficient exploitation - A compulsory licence may be issued where it is impossible to exploit a patent in the UAE without infringing another patent, or where the patent is not being worked or insufficiently worked in the UAE and domestic needs are unmet. (The statute treats working/availability and inter-patent dependency as standard grounds.) - Anti-competitive abuse / semiconductor carve-outs - The law allows action where exercising the patent amounts to anti-competitive conduct. Note: the statute includes a specific carve-out for semiconductor technology (more limited grounds). More information can be found [here](https://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/text/589520).