Brief About SAIP

Mohammed bin Abdul Malik Al Sheikh

Chairman of Board of Directors

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م. أسامة بن عبدالعزيز الزامل

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م. هيثم بن عبدالرحمن العوهلي

أ. حامد بن محمد فايز

Dr. Abdulaziz bin Mohammed AlSwailem

Member

أ. ديمة بنت يحيى اليحيى

أ. عبدالرحمن بن عبدالله السماري

Excellence

Passion

Teamwork

Transparency

Beneficiary-centricity

Values

Develop the National Strategy for Intellectual Property.

Raise awareness about the importance of intellectual property and protect its rights.

Express opinion on the international agreements related to intellectual property rights.

Suggesting rules and regulations related to intellectual property rights.

Strengthen the use of intellectual property to build an advanced knowledge-based economy.al bodies.

Establish information bases in the SAIP field of work, and exchange information with local, regional and international bodies.

Register intellectual property rights, grant and enforce their protection documents

License the activities related to the SAIP field of work.

Represent the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in international and regional organizations related to intellectual property rights, and defend its interests.

Provide and make available to the public the intellectual property rights-related information.

Follow up the implementation of obligations resulting from the Kingdom's accession to international intellectual property agreements.

To achieve its objectives, the SAIP shall have the following tasks and functions: 

Tasks & Functions

We Strive to Maximize the Value of IP and Excel in Service Delivery by Cooperation With Our Partners to Drive The National Economy.


Mission

<p>The Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property aims to regulate, support, develop, sponsor, protect, enforce and upgrade the fields of intellectual property in the Kingdom in accordance with international best practices, and it is organizationally linked to the Prime Minister.</p>


Attain Excellence in IP Operations 

Improve IP Respect 

Empower IP

Enhance Global IP Influence 

Orchestrate and Improve Organizational Excellence 

To Enable a vibrant IP Ecosystem Locally and Globally

Strategic Pillars 

Vision

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<p>Nuno Pires de Carvalho joined Licks Attorneys as a partner, in 2016, to strengthen the firm’s IP, Policy Making and Competition practices. Before joining Licks Attorneys, he was the Director of the Intellectual Property and Competition Policy Division of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), in Geneva, Switzerland. In his16-year tenure at WIPO’s International Bureau, he acted in three main areas: protection of traditional knowledge and genetic resources, legislative assistance to a significant number of developing countries as regards the implementation of TRIPS-related obligations in the field of industrial property as well as to implement their obligations under multilateral, and free trade agreements and the interface between intellectual property and competition law and policy.</p>

<p style="text-align: left;">In addition, Mr.Carvalho was a Counselor with the Intellectual Property Division of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, for three years (1996-1999). In that capacity, he assisted the TRIPS Council and helped developing countries to implement their TRIPS obligations. In his Brazilian practice, Mr.Carvalho was the in-house attorney in charge of intellectual property matters of a Nippo-Brazilian steel company, USIMINAS,basedinMinasGerais,Brazil,for20years(1976-1995).Mr. Carvalho is known worldwide for his work as a published author of several books and articles in the Intellectual Property and Competition Law areas. His last book, The Invention of Intellectual Property in images and texts (forthcoming) shows how intellectual property has developed since Mesopotamia as tool of free trade and entrepreneurship. He is also a novelist and published poet. His literary works are available at the Kindle Store.</p>
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Dr. Nuno Carvalho

<p>Antony Taubman&nbsp;is currently Director, Intellectual Property Division of the World Trade Organization, with responsibility for the WTO’s programs on intellectual property, competition policy and government procurement.&nbsp;&nbsp;From 2002 to 2009, he was Director, Global Intellectual Property Issues Division of WIPO (including the Traditional Knowledge Division and Life Sciences Program), covering a wide range of programs on intellectual property and genetic resources, traditional knowledge and folklore, the life sciences, and related global issues including the environment, climate change, human rights, food security, bioethics and indigenous issues.&nbsp;&nbsp;After a diplomatic career, he left the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) in 2001 to join the newly-formed Australian Centre for Intellectual Property in Agriculture, at the Australian National University, teaching and researching on international IP law.&nbsp;<br />
From 1998 to 2001, he was Director of the International Intellectual Property Section of DFAT, and in that capacity was engaged in multilateral and bilateral negotiations on intellectual property issues, domestic policy development, regional cooperation, and TRIPS dispute settlement.&nbsp;&nbsp;He authored a training handbook on intellectual property and biotechnology, a monograph on the TRIPS Agreement and a comprehensive study on its implementation, and a range of academic and general publications on international intellectual property law and policy.&nbsp;&nbsp;Postgraduate teaching appointments at several universities include curriculum design and teaching at the University of Melbourne, the Australian National University, and Queensland University of Technology, as well as numerous contributions to other educational and training programs in many countries.&nbsp;&nbsp;In 2008, the Rockefeller Foundation awarded him a Bellagio residential fellowship for his work on TRIPS and public policy issues.</p>


Mr. Antony Taubman

<p>Peter Hoffman is president of Elevated Advisors LLC. Elevated Advisors, LLC provides management consulting services to clients. Before establishing Elevated Advisors, LLC, Mr. Hoffman served for eight years as Vice President, Intellectual Property Management for The Boeing Company, the world's largest aerospace company. In this leadership role, he was responsible for strategies that protect and generate the highest possible value from this significant corporate asset. Hoffman managed the company's patent portfolio; protection of trade secrets; and licensing of all Boeing intellectual property as CEO of Boeing Intellectual Property Licensing Company. His accomplishments included presenting testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee on federal trade secret protection<br />
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Mr. Peter Hoffman

<p>Grant Philpott is a British engineer with 32 years of service at the European Patent Office, culminating as Chief Operating Officer. He is currently a director of Trusted Technology Network (TTN), an IP consultancy providing independent, expert advice on technological innovation and its protection to investors and companies. &nbsp;Throughout his career he has been particularly interested in contributing to the successful transition of the patent system from hardware to software innovation. He holds a master’s degree in engineering from the University of Cambridge.</p>


Mr. Grant Philpott

<p style="text-align:justify">He is a German Patent Attorney and European Patent and Trademark Attorney with his office at Munich, as a partner of Boehmert &amp; Boehmert. His technical background (as well as PhD degree) is in physics. He teaches Intellectual Property Law as an Honorary Professor at the University of Bremen, Germany, as a Lecturer at the Bucerius Law School (BLS), Hamburg, and at the Munich Intellectual Property Law Center (MIPLC), Munich, Germany, and as a Visiting Professor as well as a Lecturer at several further universities in both Asia and U.S.A.. He is a Past-President of LES International and of LES Germany. He has received the Gold Medal of LESI in 2005 and has been inducted into the IAM IP Hall of Fame in 2014. During the years 2018 – 2020 he has been an ad-personam member of the EPO’s Standing Advisory Committee (SACEPO). For 2023 he has been listed, again, as belonging to IAM 300 Global Leading IP Experts.&nbsp;<br />
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Dr. Heinz Goddar

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punctuation-wrap:hanging">Saeed Al Zahrani is Professor of Chemical Engineering and General Supervisor of the University's Innovation Center and Academic Advisor to King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. He was awarded the Medal of King Abdulaziz of the first degree in 1425 AH and of the excellent degree in the year 1427 AH for obtaining patents. He holds a Ph.D. - Philosophy of Chemical Engineering - University of Oklahoma - USA. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Research, Development and Innovation Development Authority. He worked as a part-time consultant for the Petroleum and Petrochemical Research Institute in King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, a part-time advisor for the Development Company for Industrial Investment, and a consultant for the Deanship of Scientific Research.&nbsp;<br />
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Dr. Saeed Al-Zahrani

<p>-&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;The AC is administratively and organizationally linked to the chief executive. It consists of no more than nine members of consultants, researchers, and academic leaders enjoying experience and competence. They are appointed by a decision from the CEO. The CEO shall be the Board Chairman and shall appoint a vice chairman.<br />
-&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;The membership term shall be two years and shall be renewable by the CEO's decision.<br />
-&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;The CEO shall have the right to suspend or cancel the membership of any of the members where he deems this in the interest of the AC.<br />
-&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;The CEO may discharge any board member from office upon request. The CEO manages meetings, maintains their order, and raises issues to make recommendations about them. The Vice President replaces the Chairman in his absence.</p>


Submit recommendations and proposals about the topics referred from the CEO for consideration.

Express opinions and submit recommendations on everything that would contribute to the development of all areas related to intellectual property in the SAIP.

Consider the SAIP objectives, strategies, policies and future to ensure that it keeps pace with global changes.

Any other tasks required for the Council's works as determined by the Chairman.

<p>The AC functions as an advisory body affiliated to the SAIP. Its functions focus on the following:</p>
