Experience

Cabinet hhh Avocats - Law Firm --- Me Ahmad HUSSEIN

• Morocco
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Partner - Attorney-at-Law / Avocat à la Cour

  • May 2012 - Present

  The only INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY / IT boutique law firm in Morocco. Cabinet hhh Avocats is a niche law firm, human-sized that round up Attorneys-At-Law, of general and specialized skills, offering a pragmatic, comprehensive and personalized service to its clients. We at Cabinet hhh Avocats focus our expertise in distribution, competition, advertisements and marketing laws, intellectual / industrial property rights, pharmaceutical & scientific research law but also media law & ICT in all its practices ie data protection, computers law, software, e-commerce, internet and sports funding. Our general expertise allows us to provide tailored advice in business law, whether in commercial law, contracts, labor, corporate, tax, customs, investment and international trade. Le seul cabinet d'avocats entièrement dédié à la PROPRIETE INTELLECTUELLE / TIC au Maroc. Le Cabinet hhh Avocats est une « boutique » d’avocats (SCPM) de taille humaine qui regroupe des avocats aux compétences généralistes et spécialisées, offrant une approche pragmatique, approfondie et un service personnalisé à sa clientèle. Au sein du Cabinet hhh Avocats, nous concentrons notre expertise au droit de la distribution/franchise, de la concurrence, de la publicité ou encore le droit du marketing, des différents droits de propriété intellectuelle/industrielle, du droit pharmaceutique, de la recherche scientifique ainsi que le droit des médias & des TIC sous toutes ses pratiques à savoir les données personnelles, le droit de l’informatique, des logiciels, du commerce électronique, de l’internet et le financement du sport. Notre expertise généraliste nous permets de fournir un conseil sur mesure en droit des affaires & de l’entreprise que ce soit en droit commercial, des contrats, du travail, des sociétés, fiscal, douaniers, des investissements et du commerce international. Head of the IP/ICT, TMT, Licensing-Franchising, Competition, Regulation practices Show less



Nextlaw Referral Network

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Member

  • Nov 2020 - Present

  About Nextlaw Referral Network Nextlaw Referral Network is the broadest and most sophisticated legal referral platform in the world. Introduced in October of 2016, it already includes nearly 670-member firms, over 25,000 lawyers covering all of the world’s major jurisdictions in more than 205 countries. About Nextlaw Referral Network Nextlaw Referral Network is the broadest and most sophisticated legal referral platform in the world. Introduced in October of 2016, it already includes nearly 670-member firms, over 25,000 lawyers covering all of the world’s major jurisdictions in more than 205 countries.



Dentons

• United Kingdom
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Of Counsel - Head of Intellectual Property & Technology Practice

  • Nov 2020 - Present

  Intellectual Property & Technology - Franchising & Distribution - Competition - Privacy & Cybersecurity - Litigation & Dispute Resolution Dentons is the world's largest law firm, connecting talent to the world's challenges and opportunities with more than 10,000 lawyers in more than 75 countries. Intellectual Property & Technology - Franchising & Distribution - Competition - Privacy & Cybersecurity - Litigation & Dispute Resolution Dentons is the world's largest law firm, connecting talent to the world's challenges and opportunities with more than 10,000 lawyers in more than 75 countries.



World Intellectual Property Organization – WIPO

• Switzerland
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Arbitrator / Arbitre

  • Jan 2017 - Present

  The members of the WIPO List of Neutrals arbitrators range from highly specialized practitioners and experts with specialized knowledge in the areas of patents, trademarks, copyright, designs or other form of intellectual property that is the subject of the dispute, to seasoned commercial dispute resolution generalists. The members of the WIPO List of Neutrals arbitrators range from highly specialized practitioners and experts with specialized knowledge in the areas of patents, trademarks, copyright, designs or other form of intellectual property that is the subject of the dispute, to seasoned commercial dispute resolution generalists.



MEMBERSHIP & REPRESENTATION

• Casablanca Prefecture, Morocco

• Patent, Trademark & Design Counsel - IP & ICT Senior Attorney-At-Law

  • Nov 2004 - Present

  Founding Member/ Former General Secretary - Moroccan Association of IP Attorneys "AMACPI" Past/Present member of: International Trademark Association "INTA"​ International Bar Association "IBA" American Bar Association "ABA" Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle "AIPPI" Association des Praticiens du Droit des Marques et des Modèles "APRAM" European Communities Trade Mark Association "ECTA" Licensing Executive Society "L.E.S France" International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property"ATRIP" The German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property "GRUR" Pharmaceutical Trade Marks Group "PTMG" Association of Brand Owners "Marques" Union Internationale des Avocats "UIA" International Association of Young Lawyers "AIJA" Association des Amis du CEIPI "AACEIPI" ​ Association des Anciens Élèves de l'IEEPI "AAEIEEPI"​ Association Aéronautique et Astronautique de France "3af"​ Representative of the DARTS-IP Project (MOROCCO) Former Morocco representative of: Arab Society for Intellectual Property "ASIP" Licensing Executive Society – Arab Countries "LES-AC" Arab Intellectual Property Mediation and Arbitration Society "AIPMAS" The Arab International Society for Information Technology "AISIT" Linked to: Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (ITMA) Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Internet Governance Forum (IGF) International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition (IACC) American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI) Show less



TAG Alliances (TAGLaw, TIAG, TAG-SP)

• Canada
• International Trade and Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Exclusive member for Morocco

  • Jul 2017 - Jun 2019

  TAGLaw® is a worldwide alliance of high quality, independent law firms. With more than 160 members in over 90 countries, TAGLaw ranks as one of the 5 largest and most prestigious legal alliances in the world. TAGLaw® is a worldwide alliance of high quality, independent law firms. With more than 160 members in over 90 countries, TAGLaw ranks as one of the 5 largest and most prestigious legal alliances in the world.



Cabinet hhh Avocats - Law Firm --- Me Ahmad HUSSEIN

• Morocco
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Country Managing Attorney

  • May 2012 - Apr 2016

  Legal counseling on IP matters: trademarks, appellations of origin, patents, industrial designs, copyright, plant varieties and domain names. Counseling in IP transaction, Competition cases, Media/Sports Law, IT Law, IP Financing/Taxation, Inventors rights, IP M&A/Corporate.Experience in data processing, comparative advertising, exhaustion of IP rights, parallel importation, software, internet and electronic laws.Contract management (licensing, franchising, data outsourcing, trade secrets, assignments, co-existence agreements, affidavits). Experience in IP enforcement/litigation: oppositions, cancellation action, revocation action for non use, assign-back action, dilution, counterfeiting, unfair competition and parasitism.Prosecution of trademarks, patents, designs, copyright, plant varieties, domain names. International deposit in EU, Arab countries, international filings through the Madrid, PCT and Hague System. Conducting market search/investigation, negotiations/mediation.IP Audit, valuation, due diligence, IP portfolio management / IP strategy consulting, IP training.Actions before the Moroccan Industrial Property Office, the Moroccan Office for Author Rights, the Customs Administration, the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, Ministry of Health, of Agriculture, of Culture, the High Authority of Audiovisual Communication.Sectors: Aerospace, Food / Spirits, Automotive / Boating, Banking / Finance, Medicine / Biotechnology / Biology, Chemistry / Polymers / Materials, Cosmetics, Electricity / Electronics, Hospitality, IT / Telecom / New Technology, Mechanical / Engineering / Physics / Optics, Medical, Fashion, Pharmacy, Consumer products / Distribution, Luxury, Culture. Show less

• Country Director

  • May 2009 - Apr 2012

• LEGAL MANAGER - IP SENIOR COUNSEL

  • Nov 2007 - Apr 2009

  Legal counseling on IP matters: trademarks, appellations of origin, patents, industrial designs, copyright, plant varieties and domain names.



Me Zohra HASNAOUI (IP & BUSINESS LAW FIRM)

• Casablanca Prefecture, Morocco

• SENIOR LAWYER

  • Nov 2004 - Oct 2007