Abu-Ghazaleh the first Arab to join the IP Hall of Fame
CHICAGO -Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, Chairman and CEO of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization (TAGorg) became the first expert from the outside the G8 to join the world’s most prominent figures in Intellectual Property as the names of 2007’s inductees into the IP Hall of Fame (www.iphalloffame.com) were announced by the Intellectual Asset Management magazine (UK)
Abu-Ghazaleh and eight other international figures joined last year’s 23 prominent personalities from government, business and academia such as Thomas Edison, Victor Hugo, and president Thomas Jefferson, President James Madission in addition to others for their outstanding contribution to the development of today’s Intellectual Property (IP) system. A total of 32 leaders are now installed in the IP Hall of Fame.
This year, the list included in addition to Abu-Ghazaleh, Hisamitsu Arai, Jerome Gilson, Karl Jorda, Sir Hugh Laddie, Gerald Mossinghoff, Pauline Newman, Kevin Rivette, Joseph Straus.
“I owe my election into the IP Hall of Fame to my distinguished peers who voted me in. I owe my name to my colleagues in Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property who through excellence built AGIP into a global leader. I owe my recognition to my valued clients and associates all over the world who honored me with their confidence. I salute the Arab world community who supported my leadership of Arab Society for Intellectual Property, the regional IP association. I am proud to be in such great company. I thank IAM Magazine for launching this initiative to honor the IP profession worldwide,” Abu-Ghazaleh stated.
he Intellectual Asset Management magazine announced the names of 2007’s inductees into the IP Hall of Fame after a five month process in which IP leaders around the world had the chance to submit their votes and identify individuals who have helped in establishing IP as one of the key business assets of the 21st century.
An official award ceremony will be held to honor the new members of the IP Hall of Fame in Chicago, October 24, 2007, hosted by Ocean Tomo.
IP Hall of Fame
The IP Hall of Fame was launched in 2005 by IAM magazine and the process to find inductees for 2007 began in April with the appointment of the IP Hall of Fame Academy. This comprises all living inductees from 2006 and a number of other individuals recognized for their expertise and experience in international IP issues.
Having assembled the Academy, IAM magazine then invited members of the global IP community to submit nominations for potential induction. Over 300 nominations were received in the period from April to June. These were then collated and a short list of around 100 names was sent to Academy members, who then submitted their votes. The voting process ended on 1st September.
The 2007 list:
- Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Abu-Ghazaleh has provided assistance and support to governmental committees and officials charged with revising and drafting new laws and regulations for the protection and enforcement of IP rights across the Arab world and beyond. As an author, he has also assisted in the publication of numerous groundbreaking reference works on IP in the Arab world, including the compilation of an English translation of all Arab IP laws and a major IP dictionary in Arabic.
- Hisamitsu Arai One of the most influential Commissioners of the Japanese Patent Office, Arai served a rare two terms and is one of the few Japanese Commissioners to remain a leader in the IP community, both in his home country and internationally, serving on the WIPO Policy Advisory Commission. He was also Secretary General, Intellectual Property Strategy Headquarters, a cabinet secretary position, and is credited with elevating IP issues to the Prime Minister level and continuing to lead Japan’s IP policy.
- Jerome GilsonThe original author of Trademark Protection and Practice, a standard treatise in the field which has been re-named Gilson on Trademarks, Gilson has worked extensively in drafting trademark legislation that has been enacted by Congress, such as the Trademark Law Revision Act 1988 and the Federal Trademark Dilution Act 1995.
- Karl Jorda Jorda is a Professor of Intellectual Property Law as well as the Director of the Germeshausen Center for the Law of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Franklin Pierce Law Center. Before joining Pierce Law in 1989, Jorda was Chief IP Counsel for 26 years at Ciba-Geigy.
- Sir Hugh Laddie Laddie has devoted most of his career to IP and has dealt with the subject in the UK as a barrister, judge, solicitor/consultant, mediator and teacher. He has a unique view and insight which he generously shares. He is now a consultant at Rouse & Co International and Professor of Intellectual Property Law at UCL.
- Gerald Mossinghoff Mossinghoff is a former Commissioner of the USPTO, he currently advises the firm Oblon Spivak. One of the world's premier IP specialists, he advised President Reagan on the establishment of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which strengthened and brought certainty to patent law in the US. He also initiated an automation program at the USPTO which computerized the USPTO’s databases.
- Pauline Newman Newman is a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. She is one of the most prominent women patent lawyers in the world. She was, for many years, the only female chief patent counsel of a major company, the FMC Corporation. Newman was instrumental in bringing about a number of the patent reforms of the early 1980s, including the creation of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. President Reagan later appointed her to that court.
- Kevin Rivette Rivette is a former patent attorney, founder of Aurigin Systems and, until recently, VP of IP Strategy at IBM. Few books have had more impact on intellectual asset management than Rembrandts in the Attic, a book that played a pivotal role in making IP much more accessible to the non-specialist.
- Joseph Straus Professor Straus is a director of Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property in Munich. He is a leading academic figure in European patent law and one of the most renowned and influential patent scholars worldwide. He shaped many of the current IP doctrines and his opinion is most respected by national governments and non-governmental institutions. Straus teaches at many leading IP institutions worldwide.