IP – Intellectual Property

Overview

Our team has an extensive experience in intellectual property rights laws and regulations. R&R always keen to ensure that our clients receive a global best practice approach that meets overall project objectives. We have good relations with the governmental authorities and can communicate with them proficiently.

Sample of Recent Experience
  • Advising and representing Al-Aseel, the Saudi clothes company in complex trademark opposition and cancellation proceedings before Egyptian authorities and courts. We guide the client through the process of evaluating available options in an effort to resolve the matter in a way that is most beneficial to the client.
  • Conducting legal due diligence on Chenyee (a Chinese company with a subsidiary in Egypt) selling mobile phones, Bluetooth, head-phones and other mobile accessories. The due diligence focused on the intellectual property licenses and trade-mark registrations and telecommunication licenses and approvals.
  • Representing SADA Pack, a Lebanese company, in a successful challenge against the Egyptian Trademark Office at ITIDA (Information Technology Industry Development Agency) as it refused to register three trademarks for the Client. Our team has prepared and submitted the challenges to the grievances committee and succeeded to obtain its decision to register the three trademarks. Our team has also completed the registration procedures of these trademarks until the issuance of their registration certificates.
  • Providing legal advice for UNiDAYS in relation to their digital services in Egypt answering questions on intellectual property, corporate structure, tax implications, data privacy, consumer protection, trade-mark registrations and marketing emails.
Key Contacts

Mohamed Riad

Partner

Omayma Ragab

Counsel

Mohamed Abdelmageed

Associate

Ahmed Gomaa

Associate