REPORT - Interview with Mr. Shabeel Ummer

On the 6^th of April, as a part of our project in affiliation with Dubai Customs, we had invited Mr. Shabeel Ummer to our school premises, JSS Private School. This project is an awareness campaign for the topic of Cultural Arts and Intellectual Property.

We are trying to get the community to understand the importance of the protection of IP. Therefore we thought it would be appropriate for us to get a person who is experienced in the respective field to answer a few questions regarding this.

Mr. Shabeel studies law at Vishweswarapura College of Law in Bangalore, Karnataka. He attained his secondary education from ICA English Higher Secondary School in Kerala, India. He has written a book titled “Me and My Loneliness Often Speak”.

The interview proved to be very enlightening as all our queries regarding IP were cleared. Mr. Shabeel, having been an author and a lawyer is extremely well-versed in the topic of intellectual property. This turned out to be very useful to us, as students who are carrying out this project.

He answered all our questions with extremely relevant answers. He explained to us about what is the symbol of copyright and the ISBN number with regard to his newly written and launched book. He also told us about the importance of IPR for Cultural Arts.

Overall, this interview was extremely helpful, not only for our project, but also for us as young citizens of such an important generation. We took back with us, an immense amount of knowledge of the topic of Cultural Arts and Intellectual Property.