Mhammad has more than 20 years of experience in intellectual property in the UAE and across the MENA region.
His expertise covers a wide range of industries and sectors, with a particular emphasis on trade marks, brand protection, and enforcement.
He has extensive experience in pre-filing clearance of trade marks, prosecution of trade marks in the UAE and internationally as part of multi-country brand rollouts, and on the maintenance and management of national, regional, and international trade mark portfolios for a range of clients ranging from small businesses through to large multinational companies. His experience in this area includes assignments, changes of name/address, portfolio audits, and due diligence projects.
In addition, Mhammad is able to draw on considerable experience in contentious intellectual property disputes, including filing and defending oppositions before national trade mark offices and subsequent appeals, through to assisting on infringement proceedings before the UAE courts and actions before administrative authorities in the UAE, and across the Gulf region, in conjunction with the IP litigators and legal advocates at Hadef & Partners.
Fluent in English and Arabic, he has drafted memos and pleadings for various judicial and regulatory bodies in the UAE and has worked closely with all levels of UAE enforcement authorities. This has included customs complaints, anti-counterfeiting actions including raids and seizures, criminal actions before the police authorities, and civil proceedings before the administrative bodies of the Departments of Economic Development in the various emirates of the UAE.