Amman - HE Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh chaired the meeting of Board of Directors and extraordinary General Assembly of the Arab Intellectual Property Mediation and Arbitration Society.
Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh welcomed members of the board of directors who represent many institutions in the Arab countries, and stressed the importance of reinforcing the value of trademarks.
Further, he directed the Society to the necessity of expanding the provision of training courses that it provides for various institutions in the Arab countries, noting the possibility of contracting with training or educational institutions to hold training courses for school and university students to enhance the awareness about intellectual property, in view of its importance mainly with the increasing number of inventions and innovations in the Knowledge Age.
Moreover, Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh called on the Society to collaborate with the committee of the Famous Arab Trademarks Initiative and the Web Development and Design Department at Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization to combine their efforts in building a database of the Arabic famous trademarks, and to prepare a questionnaire tailored to all sectors of the community in order to collect their opinions and information about the most famous Arab trademarks.
Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh launched the initiative of the “Famous Arab Trademarks”, assigning Mr. Mu'tasem Dmour as head of this initiative whose mission and vision are directed to enhance the value of the Arab trademarks and highlighting their significance in the world.
During the meeting, the Society’s agenda was approved, in addition to reviewing the audit report prepared by the auditor (AlFaysal Audit Group) for the fiscal year ending on 31/12/2016 and making the decision of reappointing the same auditor for next year.
Ms. Hasiba Shaban, manager of the Society, briefed the attendees on the activities of Society for the year 2016-2017, including cooperation with the Isra University, Estarta, the National Center of Agricultural Research as well as the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
It’s worth mentioning that the Arab Intellectual Property Mediation and Arbitration Society, established in 1987, aims at enhancing and intellectual property in Jordan and upgrading the skills and capabilities and knowledge of those working in this field, in addition to highlighting the efforts conducted by the Mediation and Arbitration Center, affiliate to the Society, which works on resolving intellectual property conflicts by international arbitrators in accordance with international laws and regulations.
