Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh Participates in WIPO Workshop

AMMAN – HE Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, founder and chairman of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Global (TAG.Global), has participated in the activities of the workshop organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in cooperation with the Egyptian Patent Office via Zoom Video Conferencing App. The workshop discussed the benefits of the “WIPO Publish” application and the new e-filing system, as well as the best ways of using such systems to facilitate work and access to the required information.  

In his speech, Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh recalled his participation in his first computer lesson that dates back to 1965 and his attendance at a conference on the protection of intellectual property rights in San Francisco in 1969, which inspired him to specialize in these field. In 1972, he established TAG.Global which has become the largest worldwide company specializing in intellectual property rights’ protection, that also provides consulting services in the field of information technology

Moreover, Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh thanked Dr. Hisham Fayed, WIPO technical director for Middle East and North Africa, president and representatives of the Egyptian Patent Office, president of the Egyptian Academy for Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT), in addition to a host of representatives from the intellectual property offices in the Arab region. 

He added that TAG.Global today, which has more than one million clients, providing its services through 100 offices around the world, is proud of its distinctive databases in the field of trademarks and patents. 

He also applauded the  WIPO decision assigning TAG.Global to establish a digital database system for the Egyptian Patent Office, emphasizing the importance of this project in enhancing technological progress and effectively contributing to the development of society. 

Moreover, Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh affirmedTAG.Global’s readiness to provide full support to the patent offices in the other Arab countries, expressing hope that WIPO would provide the necessary support and funding to fulfill this goal, reviewing WIPO’s extensive experience in this field. 

It is worth mentioning that Talal Abu-Ghazaleh for E-Archiving and Automation System (TAG E-Archiving) is one of the most prominent entities working in the field of e-archiving, as it proved its great potential in archiving more than 250 million documents in only three years for major government and private institutions in Jordan and a number of Arab countries through a special integrated electronic document management system, developed to keep pace with the best international standards in several languages.

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is a global forum for intellectual property services, policies, cooperation, and information, founded in 1967 to establish a balanced and effective international intellectual property system that encourages creativity and innovation for the benefit of all, and is one of the self-funded agencies of the United Nations