The IP Middle East Forum 2007, organized by Informa Group PLC, kicked off today at the Radisson SAS Hotel, Dubai.
The forum aims at protecting and optimizing the Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) to improve business performance and revenue.
Designed for a regional and international audience, this two-day Forum provides a platform to share cutting-edge experiences and enhance knowledge of crucial Intellectual Property (IP) issues in the Middle East.
The Forum will tackle issues related to the legal update on copyrights, trademark rights and patent rights, IPRs protection and enforcement, IPRs improvements and their commercial implications, IP portfolio management, international treaties and IP and mediation and arbitration.
The forum aims at protecting and optimizing the Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) to improve business performance and revenue.
Designed for a regional and international audience, this two-day Forum provides a platform to share cutting-edge experiences and enhance knowledge of crucial Intellectual Property (IP) issues in the Middle East.
The Forum will tackle issues related to the legal update on copyrights, trademark rights and patent rights, IPRs protection and enforcement, IPRs improvements and their commercial implications, IP portfolio management, international treaties and IP and mediation and arbitration.
The event targets in-house and private practice lawyers with responsibility for trademark, copyright, patent, and commercial law in addition to IP experts, directors, strategists, analysts and consultants.
Participants will be able to understand the importance of enhanced IPRs, become acquainted with the most crucial IP developments, keep up-to-date with current IP laws in the Middle East and their implications, explore key methods to manage IP portfolio more efficiently and assess best practices to master IP challenges and IPRs disputes.
Some of the main speakers are Vice-Chairman and CEO of Rasameel Structured Finance- Kuwait Issam Al Tawari, IP Counsel of Hikma Pharmaceuticals- Jordan Hiba A. Zarour, Head of the IP Department of Al Tamimi & Company- UAE Hoda Barakat, IP Manager of Nestlé Research Center- Switzerland Dr. Beat Mollet.
Media partners include the Arab Society for Intellectual Property (ASIP), the Licensing Executives Society-Arab Countries (LES-AC), the Anti-Counterfeiting Group (ACG) and to many others.
Informa Group PLC is a business information group committed to delivering essential business information to clients worldwide using a broad range of media formats such as newspapers, magazines, newsletters, books, exhibitions, CD-ROM, internet, electronic online services, conferences, training courses, workshops, seminars, distance learning courses, in-house sessions and managed events for leading international companies and governments. Source
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