AGIP's Executive Director Nominated to INTA Board of Directors

Sha'ban has been an active member of INTA since 2003, and he continues to serve on INTA’s Bulletin Committee as the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia & East Europe Sub-committee Chair. Previously he was a member of the Bulletin and Internet Committees of INTA

NEW YORK - Mr. Charles Sha'ban, Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property (AGIP) executive director has been nominated to a three-year term on the board of the International Trademark Association (INTA). His term begins on January 1, 2011, making him the only member on the INTA board representing the Arab region.

This was announced in INTA October 15 bulletin and the final vote will be during the coming INTA Leadership Meeting on November 10th in Phoenix.

Sha'ban has been an active INTA member since 2003, and he continues to serve on INTA’s Bulletin Committee as the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia and East Europe Sub-committee Chair.

Previously he was a member of the Bulletin and Internet Committees of INTA.

Sha'ban said: "I am really honoured to be part of this great organization and I will continue to work side by side with this group of great thinkers who are really committed and dedicated. We are working upon the directions of our CEO Mr. Luay Abu-Ghazaleh who is a leader in the IP field and who has made great strides in developing IP."

AGIP is a member of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization (TAG-Org). Founded in 1972, TAG-Org is an international professional services group, chaired by Talal Abu-Ghazaleh that employs over 2000 professionals and operates out of its 73 offices in the Middle East, North Africa, Pakistan, India, Cyprus, China and Afghanistan.

Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property (AGIP) received in June 2010 for the fourth time in a row the “Middle East IP Firm of the Year” Award for 2010. The awards recognize the achievements in IP work over the past year, whether in prosecution, litigation, licensing or other IP related work. They mark the culmination of MIP’s five month-long annual global survey of the world's leading IP firms.

INTA is a not-for-profit membership association that was founded in 1878, and consist now of 5900 trademark owners and professionals from more than 190 countries, dedicated to the support and advancement of trademarks and related intellectual property elements of fair and effective national and international commerce.

The INTA Board is the policy-setting body of INTA and the advisor to the chief staff executive.