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AGIP receives MIP’s ‘Middle East IP Firm of the Year’ award for 2010.
Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property (AGIP) has recently received, for the fourth time in a row, the “Middle East IP Firm of the Year” award for 2010 at the Managing Intellectual Property (MIP) 5th Annual Awards Dinner.
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.
As per the results of the survey released by MIP Managing, AGIP was ranked in Tier One for trademark, patent and copyright prosecution and contentious work.
“It is a great honour to attend such a distinguished event in the world of Intellectual Property to receive the Award for the Best Intellectual Property firm in the Middle East for the fourth year in a row,” said Dima Naber, AGIP international clients department manager who received the award on behalf of AGIP.
“For more than 35 years; our clients have trusted AGIP with the quality of IP services and this award recognizes their confidence and loyalty in our services,” she added.
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13 Jul 2010
AGIP Receives MIP's 'Middle East IP Firm of the Year' Award for 2010 for the Fourth Consecutive Year .
13 July 2010-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
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.
As per the results of the survey released by MIP Managing, AGIP was ranked in Tier One for trademark, patent and copyright prosecution and contentious work.
"It is a great honor to attend such a distinguished event in the world of Intellectual Property to receive the Award for the Best Intellectual Property firm in the Middle East for the fourth year in a row," said Dima Naber, AGIP International Clients Department Manager who received the award on behalf of AGIP.
"For more than 35 years; our clients have trusted AGIP with the quality of IP services and this award recognizes their confidence and loyalty in our services," 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, China and Afghanistan.
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13 Jul 2010
AGIP Receives MIP’s ‘Middle East IP Firm of the Year’ Award for 2010 for the Fourth Consecutive Year .
Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property (AGIP) has recently received, for the fourth time in a row, the "Middle East IP Firm of the Year" Award for 2010 at the Managing Intellectual Property (MIP) 5th Annual Awards Dinner held at The 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.
As per the results of the survey released by MIP Managing, AGIP was ranked in Tier One for trademark, patent and copyright prosecution and contentious work.
"It is a great honor to attend such a distinguished event in the world of Intellectual Property to receive the Award for the Best Intellectual Property firm in the Middle East for the fourth year in a row," said Dima Naber, AGIP International Clients Department Manager who received the award on behalf of AGIP.
"For more than 35 years; our clients have trusted AGIP with the quality of IP services and this award recognizes their confidence and loyalty in our services," 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, China and Afghanistan.
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13 Jul 2010
AGIP wins intellectual property award.
Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property (AGIP), a leading professional services provider, recently received, for the fourth time in a row, the Middle East IP Firm of the Year award for 2010 in London.
The intellectual property (IP) awards are constituted by Managing Intellectual Property (MIP), the leading international magazine for IP owners.
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. As per the results of the survey released by MIP Managing, AGIP was ranked in Tier One for trademark, patent and copyright prosecution and contentious work.
“It is a great honor to attend such a distinguished event in the world of Intellectual Property to receive the Award for the Best Intellectual Property firm in the Middle East for the fourth year in a row,” said Dima Naber, AGIP international clients department manager who received the award on behalf of AGIP, a member of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization.
“For more than 35 years our clients have trusted AGIP with the quality of IP services and this award recognizes their confidence and loyalty in our services,” she added. – TradeArabia News Service
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01 Jul 2010
League of Arab States hosts Arab Organization for Quality Assurance in Education annual board meeting .
July 1, 2010
The meeting aims at reviewing the most important developments and achievements and setting up a future strategy in light of the success realized during the relatively-short period of time since AROQA's establishment.
In the field of partnerships and international relations, the Organization signed different cooperation agreements with educational organizations having interest in promoting the educational quality in the Arab countries, regionally and internationally including the Education Directorate at the League's General Secretariat, Jordan Higher Education Accreditation Commission, Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation (FIBAA) in addition to others.
Moreover, the Organization has started assisting a number of the higher education institutions in the Arab countries to establish quality assurance systems in addition to providing quality assurance programs according to the international quality standards. Furthermore, AROQA acts as a consulting entity in qualification and capacity building in quality assurance in education and academic excellence in a number of educational organizations in Jordan, Kuwait, and Bahrain among others.
To promote awareness and capacity building in the field of quality assurance in education, AROQA organized conferences, seminars and workshops which mainly address quality and accreditation.
The Arab Organization for Quality Assurance in Education (AROQA) is an international non-for-profit independent association established in Belgium in 2007 with the fundamental objective of raising the quality of education in the Arab world through providing quality assurance services, capacity building and the dissemination of good practices. The founder and president of AROQA is HE Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, under the Honorary Presidency of his Excellency Mr. Amre Moussa, the Secretary General of the League of Arab States.
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28 Jun 2010
UN plans e-Centre by 2011 to boost development goals .
By Ourouba Hussein
The policies, approaches and plans of the UN’s Millennium Development Goals are to be introduced through a virtual one-stop shop, which will act like a comprehensive e-Centre and a vital resource to speed up development efforts, a senior UN official has said.
Speaking at a press conference yesterday, UN-Global Alliance for ICT and Development (UN-GAID) chairman Talal Abu-Ghazaleh said that the UN e-Centre called “Millennium Development Goals (MDG) e-Centre” would provide informational and decision support tools which could be useful for all ICT and non-ICT players involved in development, particularly in developing countries.
“When fully operational in 2011, the e-Centre will also enhance transparency and provide a platform for exchange of knowledge and experience among different players,” he said, adding: “It will also help governments in strategic integration of all policy matters related to the use of ICT in national development strategies.”
The official pointed out that the centre would be virtual and would be managed at the UN headquarters in New York City.
Abu-Ghazaleh noted that the announcement of the launch the UN e-Centre took place in Qatar, thanks to its powerful media, such as the Aljazeera Network.
He explained that the prototype of the MDG has been presented in the WSIS Forum in May, held in Geneva, as well as at a seminar organised by the Secretariat-General of the GCC in June, held in Saudi Arabia.
“There was a very positive feedback and strong support from all stakeholders,” he said.
The official further explained that an active user group consisting of over 20 members from more than 16 countries had been formed, to help in further development of the tool.
He pointed out that the use of information and communications technologies (ICT) to advance the core Millennium Development Goals priority areas, was an effective tool to speed up and strengthen development efforts.
Highlighting the e-Centre’s key capabilities, Abu-Ghazaleh observed that they featured a matrix that captured the ICT solutions for the Millennium Development Goals advancement, serving as the core knowledge base of the e-Centre.
“The matrix is being developed and populated in open and inclusive collaboration with all stakeholders,” he stated.
The e-Centre also features learning capabilities which include a portal of portals, with yellow pages, displaying the content of major existing portals of value to the MDG.
28 Jun 2010
MDG eCenter set to be one-stop shop .
By Nasser Al Harthy
DOHA: The proposed eCenter to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (E-MDG Center) is intended to be a one-stop shop with a pool of informational plus decision support tools which could be useful for all actors (ICT and non-ICT) involved in development, in particular in developing countries.
This was stated here yesterday by Dr Talal Abu Ghazaleh, the Chairman of Global Alliance for ICT and Development (UN-GAID) which is supported by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
“Our goal is to provide ICT solutions to advance Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) quickly, universally and effectively,” Dr Abu Ghazaleh told a news conference yesterday.
Dr Abu-Ghazaleh was entrusted by the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon to develop a plan to accelerate the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) before 2015.
He proposed to establish an eCenter to achieve the Millennium Development Goals which was subsequently adopted and supported by the Secretary-General, who accepted the honorary presidency of UN-GAID and E-MDG Center.
Dr Abu-Ghazaleh, in his plan to launch the Center, said that a preliminary meeting is to be held at UN headquarters in New York to discuss the work and activities of the E-MDG Center and to launch the E-MDG Center in full at the World Summit by the Secretary General of the United Nations in September 2010.
The (UN-GAID) chaired since the beginning of 2010 by Dr Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, who succeeded former president, Craig Barrett, CEO and Chairman of Intel Corporation, the alliance is concerned about development and information technology.
UN-GAID members include representatives of governments, the private sector, civil society and international organisations.
Dr Abu-Ghazaleh said a meeting will be held in September this year where working groups representing each of the Millenium goals will be set up and each of them will be headed by one of UN’s organizations in specific area of specialization, such as IT in education goal which will be headed UNESCO and issues related to poverty, joblessness, economic situation will be headed by ONCTAD.
When fully operational (early 2011), the eCenter could also enhance transparency and provide a platform for exchange of knowledge/experiences among different players. It will also help governments in strategic integration of all policy matters related to the use of ICT in national development strategies.
The prototype of the MDG eCenter has been presented and demonstrated in the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) Forum on May 12-13 this year in Geneva and at a high-level seminar organised by the Secretariat-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council on June 14-15 in Riyadh.The presentations yielded very positive feedback and strong support from all stakeholders.
When fully operational, the eCenter, currently in its early stages of development, will comprise such components as Matrix of ICT (Information and Communication Technologies), Solutions to Advance the MDGs that captures knowledge about existing ICT-based tools and solutions for specific development tasks, a Meta-Portal (“Portal of Portals”) for quick access to key resources, a Compendium of Excellence in ICT for MDGs, a Computer-Aided Strategic Planner for developing country- and problem-specific plans.Implementation Tools to support detailed planning, simulations and games that will help build relevant capacity, monitoring tools for project control and quality assurance.
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28 Jun 2010
MDGs e-centre to be ready by March 2011: Abu-Ghazaleh .
LANI ROSE R DIZON
DOHA A WEB-BASED matrix of ICT solutions designed to help countries accelerate the implementation of their Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) has been presented on Sunday by the Chairman of the United Nations Global Alliance for ICT and Development (UN-GAID) Talal Abu-Ghazaleh.
The Millennium Development Goals e-centre (MDGs e-centre) project was endorsed by the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, who is also honourary chair for GAID.
Speaking at a press conference, Abu-Ghazaleh said that the MDGs e-centre was projected to be fully implemented by March 2011.
Currently, Abu-Ghazaleh is conducting the groundwork of presenting the project to different countries for additional inputs, orientation, and continuous development.
He said, “The MDGs e-centre will provide an extensive array of resources to advance MDGs, and to speed up and strengthen countries’ development efforts through the use of ICT.
It will also help governments in strategic integration of all policy matters related to the use of ICT in national development strategies”.
The e-centre will have a matrix that would link individual MDGs and their targets/indicators and relevant actions with ICT-based tools and solutions.
An executive programme is currently under preparation to educate leaders of the MDGs initiatives in developing countries in using the capabilities provided by the e-centre.
Abu-Ghazaleh also said, “A prototype version of the e-centre was presented and demonstrated in the WSIS Forum in Geneva in May with very encouraging results.
The sessions in Geneva resulted in the formation of an MDGs e-centre user group that consists of around a dozen countries including Algeria, Egypt, Macedonia, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria, four NGOs (including Red Cross and WHO) and several researchers.
Another session in Riyadh organised by the Gulf Cooperation Council in June resulted in additional participants from Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UAE, Kuwait, Oman, and Qatar.” He said that the MDGs ecentre would again be presented to a UN stakeholders’ high level meeting in September, wherein the centre’s programme would be presented to the global community.
“We’re also hoping to have the programme endorsed by the World Summit on September 21,” he added.
In an interview with Qatar Tribune, Abu- Ghazaleh urged Qatar to lead in developing the Arabic version of the MDGs e-centre.
If the partnership between UNGAID and ictQatar pushed through, the Arabic MDGs ecentre is likely to be implemented by the end of next year, he said.
http://www.qatar-tribune.com/data/20100628/content.asp?section=nation2_3
16 Jun 2010
Prince Talal Supports UN Efforts in Linking Technology with Development .
Riyadh, June 16, 2010, SPA -- Prince Talal Ibn Abdulaziz, President of Arab Gulf Program for United Nations Development Organizations (AGFUND) has emphasized the need for achieving the Goals of Millennium Development by the year 2015, pointing out that there are still many countries far from providing the requirements to achieve these goals.
In a meeting here during this week with President of United Nations Coalition of Information Technology and Communication Talal Abu Ghazaleh, the Prince said that AGFUND has been proceeding forward in support of United Nations efforts for local-content technology and its utilization for development through partnerships.
On his part, Abu Ghazaleh praised Prince Talal Ibn Abdulaziz for his developmental efforts and roles at Arab and international arenas, describing AGFUND as a model of success in the Arab world.
--SPA-13:36 LOCAL TIME 10:36 GMT
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16 Jun 2010
HRH Prince Talal Bin Abdul Aziz Receives Abu-Ghazaleh in Riyadh .
President of the Arab Gulf Development Program (AGFUND), His Royal Highness Prince Talal Bin Abdul Aziz, has confirmed that AGFUND is moving ahead to support the United Nations’ efforts in building knowledge societies, employing technology for development and eradication of poverty, and empowering Arab communities to achieve the goals of the Millennium.
HRH Prince Talal Bin Abdul Aziz has received HE Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, chairman of the United Nations Global Alliance for ICT and Development (UN-GAID), at his office in Riyadh and discussed several issues.
Mr. Abu-Ghazaleh briefed his Royal Highness on the latest development on the mission which has been recently assigned to him by the United Nations, to accelerate the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) through the use of information and communication technology.
The objective is to create an electronic portal for hosting successful technology applications in economic, social, health and educational domains.
The meeting also included discussions on aligning AGFUND’s development policies with the mission of Mr. Abu-Ghazaleh; furthermore, His Royal Highness fully supports all the efforts in the direction of creating successful partnership between AGFUND and the United Nations, which has existed since the beginning of 1980.
His Royal Highness also stressed AGFUND’s interest in employing technology for sustainable development.
The Arab Open University is an example of AGFUND’s keen interest in development and in employing technology in its administrative and academic uses through its campuses in seven Arab countries.
In addition, Mr. Abu-Ghazaleh met with AGFUND’s executive management in order to identify and explore the frame of cooperation.
Mr. Abu-Ghazaleh was briefed about the program’s contributions in support of development, and aid provided to developing communities to reach the eight Millennium Goals, including eradication of poverty, and expanding the partnership for development.
Discussions have also been on developing possible programs in which AGFUND can contribute in its funding in order to achieve mutual goals of both AGFUND and UN-GAID.
Mr. Naser Al-Qahtani, executive director for AGFUND, stressed that creating awareness of the developmental applications of technology is a strategic goal of the Arab Gulf Development Program, especially in its new phase which is devoted to institutionalization, and pointed out that AGFUND’s International Prize for this year was entirely about developing the non-urban areas through the use of technology. He also stated that providing advanced technology to be used by the poor will help eradicate poverty, and that AGFUND, through its program, is working on establishing banks, for the poor, in the Arab world.
Mr. Al-Qahtani elaborated that any partnership between AGFUND and Mr. Abu-Ghazaleh, through the United Nations and its agencies working in the area of development, as well as the interest of both sides in the relationship between technology and sustainable development, will not only move cooperation forward, but will also serve development of the Arab world.
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