Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property (AGIP) is pleased to announce the establishment of the Intellectual Property (IP) Portfolio Management Department, in order to assist clients in understanding their IP position and commercially manage their IP portfolios.
With a deep understanding of the legal, technical and business issues surrounding Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs), the IP Portfolio Management Department will bring clarity and structure to the IP management process and identify the strategic opportunities in our clients’ IP portfolios.
Backed by highly skilled staff, the Department is well positioned to meet all of our clients’ IP portfolio management needs regionally and internationally. The Department will help AGIP clients take crucial decisions regarding the management and protection of their intangible valuable assets.
The Department provides professional portfolio management services tailored to our clients’ needs and budgets, including:
• IP Follow up
In order to maximize the protection of our clients IPRs, the IP Portfolio Management Department will follow up our clients’ IP registrations all over the world. The Department will also follow up the registration procedures, so as to provide clients with periodical status reports on their registrations and any new changes occurred to their rights.
• IP Renewal
Backed by AG-IP-Renewals, the first and the only IP renewal company in the region, the Department will provide our clients with a tool to follow up and maintain their registered IPRs. We will alert our clients to renew their rights in advance before the due deadlines, even if such rights were not registered through our offices.
For more information: www.ag-ip-renewals.com
• IP Consultancy
The IP Portfolio Management staff evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of our clients’ IP portfolios. We counsel our clients and work as a strategic business partner to help them take some of the crucial decisions regarding several IP matters, including:
- Branding Safety
We will help our clients choose the word marks they want to register, or amend such marks to be more distinctive; in order to avoid any trademark conflict.
- IP Landscape
Corporate
Such service provides clients with valuable insight into the nature and potential evolution of particular markets. Accordingly, we advise our clients to register certain companies, or to establish branches and offices in certain territories, in order to serve their rights and ease transactions there.
For more information: www.tag-legal.com
- IP Valuation
In cooperation with Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Valuation, the Department is uniquely situated to help our clients understand the value of their IPRs. We will assist our clients in determining the financial value of their IPRs, especially before taking any decision regarding any action such as licensing, selling IP assets or mergers and acquisitions.
For more information: www.tagvaluation.com
- Contracts Drafting
We will review the articles of contracts and recommend preferable articles to be stated in such contracts. We will also recommend the best choice to exploit a trademark through several transactions such as licensing, or franchising.
For more information: www.tag-legal.com
• Training
In order for our clients to be further acquainted with their IPRs, the Department will provide training needed:
1. To understand the function of their rights;
2. To understand the proper use of their rights;
3. To help them invest and protect their rights;
4. To help them understand what the attorneys are advising them; and
5. Help them go through any needed argument or defense regarding their IPRs.
For more information or any enquiries, please do not hesitate to contact us at:
PO Box: 921100, Amman 11192, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Tel: (00 962-6) 5100 900
Fax: (00 962-6) 5100 901
E-mail: ip.portfolio@agip.com
Contact Person: Ms. Rula Deeb