ABOUT
Motasem Abu Ghazaleh is an intellectual property advisor with over 27 years of industry experience. While Motasem's focus is primarily on trademarks, he has also worked on reviewing and drafting intellectual property laws and has contributed to implementing regulations and procedure manuals in the Middle East. Motasem has handled infringement and counterfeit actions for trademarks, patents, and copyrights; he provides consultation on trademark prosecution and brand protection enforcement.
Motasem has successfully worked to identify, negotiate, and establish business relationships between brand owners, international IP associations, and attaches in both the private sector and with governmental bodies. His breadth of knowledge and insight is a valuable resource to clients and associates alike.
Motasem is a frequent speaker on international trademark issues and currently sits on the board of INTA.
Professional Activities & Memberships:
- On the Board of Director of INTA. 2020-2023
- Founding board member and member of the board of directors of The International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property AIPPI (Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriete Intellectuelle), UAE national group (AIPPI.org) 2019-2025
- Annual Volunteer Service Award for the Advancement of Trademark Law granted by the International Trademark Association (INTA), at the Association's Leadership Meeting held in New Orleans, USA, November 6-9, 2018.
- Co-Chair of Arab countries committee, American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA.org)
- Co-chair of Global Middle East Advisory Council of the International Trademark Association (INTA.org)
- Member, Copyright Committee, International Trademark Association (INTA.org)
- Member, Well Known Trademarks Committee (MARQUES.org)
- International speaker with INTA, AIPPI, UNIFAB and other associations in USA, China, France, Japan as we all many countries in the Middle East.
- Member of International Trade Mark Association (INTA)
- Member of Arab Society for Intellectual Property (ASIP)
- Member of Licensing Executive Society (LES)
STATEMENT
I spent most of my professional life in voluntary work in the field of Intellectual Property, which I enjoy and find to be very rewarding on all levels. Since I recently joined Amcham, I do see a place for a small improvement to membership as Amcham will be in a much better position and well served with more American members, recruiting new members and focusing more on advocacy work is something I always enjoyed doing.
Amcham leadership did a super job at all levels including membership, I want to try to assist and build on what they did so far.