AGIP offers professional technical advice to its clients in all aspects of IP rights through expert qualified lawyers and specialized staff of different backgrounds.

Licensing & Franchising: Offered in cooperation with Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Legal, AGIP provides services that include drafting licensing and franchising agreements, along with providing legal consultations on the compatibility of such agreements with Arab laws, mediation and litigation.
Our lawyers are experienced in drafting and reviewing all types of IP agreements and providing convenient consultations. Moreover, we help brand owners who wish to expand their business and have their marks renowned by drafting Franchise Agreements meeting their needs in compliance with local laws, along with detailed operation manuals, to guarantee third-party commitment to their brand’s specifications and standards.
Under a franchise agreement, the franchisee is a lessee of a business system who pays a royalty due to the disclosure of trade secrets and know-how. The franchisee is under the supervision of the franchisor to guarantee that the services/goods are delivered as per a high level of business criteria. The franchisee, however, acts on his own account and benefit.

Valuation: Our valuation services help determine the financial value of all IPRs, whether brands, trademarks, patents, copyrights, trade secrets, or industrial designs. This is performed through licensing and selling IP assets or through mergers and acquisitions.

Contract Drafting: We have strong experience in preparing and reviewing all types of agreements related to your business regardless of the sector, including labor-related contracts, IP agreements, and agreements for commercial purposes.

Strategy Configuration: We work closely with local entrepreneurs to help them understand their IP rights and assets, and what to protect of these rights, when, and where. This has led AGIP to be the dominant player in the region in representing local SMEs in patents, trademarks, and designs. We help them penetrate the international markets with their new products and services. 

Patent Consultations: We have the knowledge and skills to provide technical and legal consultations in matters related to responding to office actions, patent filing strategy, patent linkage, parallel importation, patent term adjustment...etc. 
Moreover, we provide regulatory consultations for pharmaceutical companies regarding biotechnology product registration in the MENA region, and data exclusivities. 

For more information, please contact us at patents@agip.com