Identifying the legal status of public digital assets in Egypt.

This study is based on the simple observation that new types of assets have emerged during the last decade due to fast-growing technological innovation. In reality, the appearance of digital assets is a consequence of the emergence of new technological innovation. It has influenced the global economy through the appearance of a new form of economy. It is the digital economy that in turn has given birth to a new form of non-tangible goods that exist in the virtual world. Although they are not completely regulated by the legal system, their status is not yet identified in the laws of countries including the Arab Republic of Egypt. Due to the importance of these goods, which is increasing, day by day, it has become necessary to try to know the legal status of digital public assets in Egyptian law which have an inestimable economic value neglected by Egyptian legislation; it does not focus on public assets, particularly digital public assets. To achieve this goal, the author employs a legal analysis approach to examine and critique the current laws and regulations relating to public digital assets in Egypt. Additionally, a comparative analysis with the legislation of the United Arab Emirates is utilized to provide a clear definition of public digital assets. This paper clarifies and eliminates several legal barriers at the level of the identification of public digital assets in Egypt, thus clarifying who the real owners of these properties and what rights they have over these properties, and finally the different types of these assets.