Biography
Sally is a Senior Associate in our Intellectual Property practice.
She worked at multiple leading Intellectual Property firms in Jordan, Qatar, and UAE. she gained more than ten years of extensive experience in the field of Intellectual Property laws in the Middle East with an emphasis on trademarks and brand protection. She assisted international and domestic Brand Owners in devising and implementing tailored strategies for trademark protection in the MENA region, with regard to prosecution, enforcement, and litigation. Also assists clients in drafting and reviewing franchise and licensing agreements and other IP commercial agreements. She has extensive experience in comprehensive IP Legal Consultancy services such as IP Strategy & Enforcement, IP Portfolio Management, anti-counterfeiting strategic planning, infringement, and unfair competition litigation. She has assisted clients in setting strategies for taking action against serious infringers and major competitors. Sally is also experienced in anti-counterfeiting and has assisted clients with their anti-counterfeiting activities in the UAE, and in developing regional anti-counterfeiting strategies in the Middle East.
She managed and handled opposition actions, cancellation actions, civil and criminal litigation, administrative enforcement, and domain name disputes. She is experienced in dealing with cases involving different types of IP Rights, including trademarks, industrial designs, and models, copyrights, domain names, and trade secrets. She is also experienced in drafting and negotiating various types of IP, Commercial and Corporate Agreements as well as advising on IP aspects of corporate transactions.
She has been in practice as a Law Lecturer and Licensed Lawyer for Five years. As she has experience teaching commercial and intellectual property law for more than five years at Stenden University in Qatar.
Sally holds an LL. B in Law as well as LL.M in Intellectual Property Laws (Run By WIPO) from the University of Jordan. Sally's practice covers the full range of intellectual property (IP) matters and keeps her up-to-date with new developments in both the law and technology. As a result, she has had widespread experience in all areas of patent, trademark, copyright, and unfair competition law, and her work involves a wide range of technical subjects.
