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JAH Intellectual Property is a prominent intellectual property firm in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, providing comprehensive IP services such as protection, registration, enforcement, infringement watch, and legal representation. Founded in 1999, the firm operates through fully staffed offices across the region, including Morocco. 

Notable practitioners: Jehad Al Hassan  

The Morocco office is headed by Jehad Al Hassan 

One World Intellectual Property is a leading intellectual property firm in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, with over 40 years of experience and 19 offices across the region. OWIP specializes in protecting intellectual property rights for a diverse range of clients, from local businesses to international organizations. Their services include trademark and patent registration, brand protection, market research, customs recordals, litigation support, and training programs. 

Notable practitioners: Mohammed Eddiani  

The Morocco office of OWIP is headed by Mohammed Eddiani. 

2026

"Saba's team in Morocco stands out for its strong local expertise and responsiveness. They are easy to reach, quick to react, and always keep us properly informed."

"Prompt and efficient service with a sound knowledge and experience in litigation in Morocco."

"In particular, Ikrame El Aouachi has been reliable in assisting me (from Cape Town) to litigate with great success in Morocco. Ikrame is always ahead of the curve  in litigation and provides me with sound advice and prompt reports, which enables me to deliver the same to my clients."

Ikrame El Aouachi 

"Reliable, prompt and knowledgeable on all IP litigation matters we have collaborated on."

Saba IP
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Founded in 1926, Saba IP leads the MENA region's IP landscape with tailored services and a commitment to future industries. Our 15 offices strategically situated across MENA enable us to deliver unmatched expertise and support.

With over 350 professionals, including lawyers, patent attorneys, engineers, and IP experts, we serve a diverse clientele. From trademarks, designs, copyrights, and patents to enforcement and anti-counterfeiting measures, we offer a comprehensive spectrum of IP services. Our approach aligns seamlessly with clients' business strategies, reinforcing our role as partners rather than mere practitioners.

Our dedication to client satisfaction and forward-looking innovation sets us apart. From trademark protection in luxury and consumer sectors to patent procurement in pharmaceuticals, petrochemicals, electronics, and more, our team excels. We handle everything from patentability assessments to filing strategies while staying compliant with local patent requirements.

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United Trademark & Patent Services (UTMPS) has been a trusted partner to innovators, global brands, and law firms since 1949. With over 75 years of experience in intellectual property law, we’ve built a reputation for legal excellence, regional insight, and a client-first mindset. We are proud to supports some of the world’s most recognized names - including over 100 Fortune 500 companies - with business-aligned, regionally-tailored IP strategies across the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa.    

United in Law, Inspired by IP
At UTMPS, we see IP as a powerful strategic asset that drives business growth. Our lawyers, patent attorneys, and technical experts work closely with clients to protect what they’ve built and unlock what’s next. Whether securing patents, enforcing rights, or managing complex portfolios across borders, we deliver advice that is practical, proactive, and shaped by decades of regional experience.

Global Reach, Local Expertise
Our firm operates as one integrated team, with offices in 16 countries and coverage across more than 30 jurisdictions. From the UAE and Saudi Arabia to Pakistan and Nigeria, we provide seamless IP support in some of the world’s most dynamic and challenging markets. Clients rely on us to navigate diverse legal landscapes, understand local nuances, and deliver results with precision and speed.

Thanks to this regional depth, we are often the go-to firm for multinationals entering new markets or facing enforcement challenges in unfamiliar jurisdictions. With centralized coordination from our Dubai office and on-the-ground teams across the region, we make cross-border protection straightforward and effective.

End-to-End IP Services
We offer a full spectrum of IP services tailored to every stage of the innovation lifecycle. From early-stage clearance and filing to strategic portfolio management and dispute resolution, our work spans patents, trademarks, designs, and copyrights. Clients range from emerging startups to established global leaders, and we scale our services to match their needs.

Our capabilities include:
1. Patent, design, trademark, and copyright filing and prosecution
2. Patent landscaping and freedom-to-operate analysis
3. Arabic translation of patent specifications (for GCC/national filings)
4. IP portfolio strategy and audits
5. Licensing, franchising, and technology transfer agreements
6. Risk assessment and due diligence for M&A and brand launches

A Legacy of Trust, A Focus on the Future
At UTMPS, we serve as long-term partners and advisors who understand your goals and work alongside you to achieve them. Our legacy reflects decades of leadership in IP law. Our future is focused on helping clients thrive in an increasingly complex and competitive global environment.

We’re proud of the company we keep, the markets we serve, and the value we deliver. Wherever your business takes you, we’re ready to help you protect what matters most: your IP.

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JAH Intellectual Property is one of the most prominent and internationally recognized regional firms for full-spectrum IP services, portfolio management and enforcement; legal representation against infringement combines flexibility and adaptability to deliver solutions and services tailored to the clients’ needs. With branch offices in the Arab Region and additional capacity in mainland Africa through associate firms, we have the geographical reach to assist a wide array of clients. Decades of experience in handling both contentious and non-contentious IP matters in various jurisdictions in our region ensure that the firm can give high-quality, verified, practical advice on IP protection and enforcement strategy; this experience also means that the firm can undertake any action sought by clients most effectively and at remarkably competitive costs, based on commercial awareness. Thanks to our network of local offices, we are well positioned to execute broad filing and registration projects along with executing cross-jurisdictional strategies envisaged by clients.

Our head office in Doha, Qatar, handles with precision and efficiency the responses to all correspondence and reporting, as well as coordination with our various offices in accordance with clients/associates’ instructions, meeting high standards in compliance with the rules and practices in the countries of our operations. This is to ensure prompt, precise, innovative, transparent, high value-added services, keeping track of the documents and maintaining the consistency in our correspondence. Unlike other prominent firms in our jurisdictions, we are a genuine one-window facility for our associates and clients. Similarly to our streamlined professional services, all accounting matters are being dealt through our centralized system, which eases the burden of administrative work and ensures quality.

As mentioned above, the firm maintains its own operational offices in most Arab-speaking countries, as well as most African countries through local African IP affiliated firms functioning for JAH under our professional standards, quality control and full supervision. All our offices provide the entire IP spectrum services of trademark, patent, design and copyright prosecution and litigation. We take pride in our sophisticated office infrastructure, actively deploying technology for increasing efficiency and to meet client expectations. Our files are securely maintained in a fully digitized format, assisting in generating reports and also providing ready access for client review. We have developed our own platform for docketing, work allocation, tracking and communication, which enables flexibility, efficiency and client satisfaction. Delivering value to clients with accuracy, consistency, speed and reliability is of primary importance to our communication approach.

We support a wide range of IP owners, managers and creators whose IP assets we have helped protect and monetize. The JAH professionals have vast experience in IP law, combining IP litigation and prosecution services under one umbrella, making us a one-stop solution provider for most client needs. We at JAH understand the importance of intellectual property within an organization’s corporate strategy and provide comprehensive services with this holistic view; we also offer customized services to meet the same. This approach, combined with a policy of flat, transparent charging with value-added services such as complementary legal opinions and translations, means that we enjoy strong client retention and loyalty. These axioms and work ethics have enabled us to deliver practical and effective solutions to further clients’ business objectives and also enjoy a high level of client satisfaction.

Our colleagues are fully authorized to represent clients before judicial authorities, IP offices, customs offices and the different administrative authorities of the countries where we are located. Our staff are active members of both local and international legal associations such as the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property, the International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys, INTA, ECTA and MARQUES.

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