AGIP Receives MIP’s ‘Middle East IP Firm of the Year’ Award for 2009

For the Third Consecutive Year

LONDON - Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property (AGIP) received on March 31, 2009 for the third time in a row the “Middle East IP Firm of the Year” Award for 2009 at the Managing Intellectual Property (MIP) 4th Annual Global IP Awards Dinner held at Dorchester Hotel, London.

According to MIP, the awards recognize the achievements in IP work over the past year, whether in prosecution, litigation, licensing or other works. They mark the culmination of MIP’s five month-long annual global survey of the world's leading IP firms.

The awards presented are the result of a long and extensive process of research that began last September. As part of the annual research that goes into producing MIP’s survey, MIP’s researchers sought nominations for the “firm of the year” in 35 of the most important jurisdictions, as well as in certain other categories.

The researchers contacted more than 2,000 people directly, and carried out some 500 interviews by email, telephone and face to face. The results of the survey were published in MIP’s February and March issues.

As per the results of the survey released last month, AGIP was ranked in Tier One for trademark, patent and copyright prosecution and contentious work.

 “It is a great achievement for AGIP to receive the Award for the best Intellectual Property firm in the Middle East for the third year uninterruptedly,” said Dima Naber, AGIP International Clients Department manager who received the award on behalf of AGIP.

“We consider this Award as a testament to the success of our ongoing efforts to provide our clients with no less than a premier service,” she added.

MIP's survey is the largest and most in-depth ever; it covered both prosecution and contentious work in 65 jurisdictions including the Americas, Asia and Europe.

Managing Intellectual Property (MIP) was founded in 1990. It is now firmly established as the leading international magazine for IP owners. MIP is published 10 times a year and includes news, data, in-depth articles and interviews with influential IP figures.

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 71 offices in the Middle East, North Africa, Pakistan, India, Cyprus, Russia and China.