IP Rights Soar in The Middle East
02 December 2013
While Gulf Cooperation Council members work towards unified IP laws, the rest of the Middle East has seen a surge in interest in protecting intellectual property rights. Johnny Chan reports.
The Participants

Ramy Aoun
Senior Associate
Badri & Salim El Meouchi Law Firm
Beirut, Lebanon

Jamshid Dastani
Managing Partner
Dastani & Dastani
Tehran, Iran

Alexandros Georgiades
Partner
Dr K Chrysostomides & Co
Nicosia, Cyprus

Helena Levin
Patent Attorney
Dr Yitzhak Hess & Partners
Tel Aviv, Israel

Ashraf AbdelNabi
Senior Associate
Ibrachy & Dermarkar
Giza, Egypt

Raed Karawani
Partner
Karawani Law Firm
Damascus, Syria

Monya Jamous
Associate
Kouatly & Associates
Beirut, Lebanon
Mohamed ElFar
Associate
Matouk Bassiouny
Cairo, Egypt
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Firas Qumsieh
Managing Partner
NJQ & Associates
Amman, Jordan
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Selma Ünlü
Senior Partner
Istanbul, Turkey
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Gökben Erdem Dirican
Senior Partner
Pekin & Pekin
Istanbul, Turkey

Mohammad Badamchi
Attorney at Law
Raysan Patent & Trademark Agents
London

Jonathan Agmon
Senior Partner
Soroker-Agmon
Herzliya, Israel
Fatima Heyari
Manager
United Trademark & Patent Services
Amman, Jordan
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