Saudi Arabia

Firm overview

CWB emerged as an unrivalled super-regional firm in 2023 following the merger of leading regional IP specialists Cedar White Bradley, PETOŠEVIĆ Group and Hahn & Hahn with 29 offices, 150 practitioners, and 250 employees, CWB now services and manages the portfolios of some of the world's leading IP owners across 100+ jurisdictions in Africa, Central Asia, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East.

Through an unrivalled footprint of offices and affiliated offices, we offer centrally managed IP solutions and dedicated client-specific, cross-jurisdiction teams. We blend the best advanced IP practices and the local know-how to deliver consistent quality service across a large geographical area, despite all the challenges posed by the countries we operate in.

CWB provides a full spectrum of IP services related to virtually all IP rights, as well as brand management and brand enforcement services. Our teams protect thousands of IP rights for market leading clients across a large section of industries. We also have a Media & Entertainment team, which provides highly specialized support to clients navigating local regulatory landscapes in fields such as film production, content streaming, crypto, advertising, data protection, social media, software licensing and music usage.

CWB is thinking beyond the technology available today to transform the IP services industry. We are implementing the most innovative technologies and leveraging automation and AI to enhance the client and employee experience and to achieve industry-leading efficiencies.

CWB Office Locations

Africa: Egypt, South Africa (Pretoria and Western Cape), Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Central Asia: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
Central & Eastern Europe: Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Kosovo (UNSCR 1244), Luxembourg, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Ukraine
Middle East: Bahrain, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Qatar, United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi and Dubai)

IP Practice Specialisms

CWB provides a full spectrum of intellectual property services related to trademarks, patents, utility models, industrial designs, copyright; domain names, trade secrets and other IP rights, as well as brand management and brand enforcement services. CWB teams file, prosecute, register, and enforce thousands of IP rights for market leading and globally renowned clients across a large section of industries, including consumer electronics, automotive, tobacco, pharmaceuticals, confectionery, FMCG, property development, luxury brands, fashion and cosmetics.

Firm overview

IP practice in the Middle East

Clyde & Co is unique in the region as the only firm in the Middle East with the ability to provide support across the entire IP life cycle from the initial brand protection strategy through to filing applications and registrations and then licensing and commercialising IP rights, including trade marks, copyright, patents and design rights. We operate a dedicated IP practice which combines the values of a pure IP team with those of a full-service international law firm, helping our clients to capture, commercialise and protect their innovation and intellectual assets. Our leading IP practice has operated in the region for over 15 years and has developed a team of lawyers and specialists.

We operate a truly regional practice. As Clyde & Co, we can directly file and manage IP matters in the UAE, Qatar and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia where we have our own offices. The wider Middle East region, we work through our network of trusted corresponding agents.

We support the firm's main sector focusses and have also developed a strong client base in traditional brand heavy sectors such as food and beverage, hospitality, entertainment, retail, and luxury goods. We are proud to say that we act for some of the largest and most established local, regional, and global brand owners in these sectors, helping them to navigate a region which offers unique challenges from an IP and business perspective.

We pride ourselves on our ability to provide commercial advice on complex issues. We embrace the challenge of advising on new laws and untested areas of existing laws, as well as developing commercially innovative solutions in unique situations.

Our clients come to us with complex issues and appreciate our creative approach to problem solving, knowing that they can rely on us to help give them a competitive edge in the market. They know that we will work together to reach tailored solutions, drawing on the diverse skills we have across the team.

The reputation we have developed for such expertise also means that we are regularly asked to advise on the development of new regulatory frameworks and the drafting of new local laws.

Wider Middle East practice

Our first office in the Middle East was established in 1989, following many years of regional client involvement. Today Clyde & Co has the largest presence and is one of most experienced international law firms in the Middle East with over 50 partners and 300 staff, based full time across six offices in Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the UAE, Doha in Qatar, Riyadh and Jeddah in Saudi Arabia and Cairo in Egypt. Our offices provide English and local law advice to corporate clients from all over the world, as well as to regional corporates and governments, on their operations.

Globally

With over 5000 people operating from over 60 offices and associated offices across six continents, Clyde & Co is committed to creating successful outcomes for our clients. Our globally integrated teams of disputes, regulatory and transactional lawyers provide a comprehensive range of legal services and advice to businesses operating at the heart of global trade and commerce.

Our success in the past 90 years has been built on our vision of a single global partnership, providing a platform that offers rapid access to expertise, wherever you operate in the world.

Aligned with these values is Clyde & Co's commitment to being a responsible business. We take responsibility for the impact we have on the environment, seeking to reduce it as much and as quickly as possible. We strive to be a positive contributor to the communities in which we operate across our entire global network. We take steps to foster a truly diverse and inclusive workplace, that allows all of our people to flourish, for the benefit of our colleagues, the firm and our clients.

Firm overview

Over the last century we’ve been lucky enough to have played a part in protecting some of the world’s most ground-breaking inventions and high profile brands. You can trust us to know IP law inside out, to be curious, and to connect the dots to reach solutions others don’t.

We will provide you with a team, rich in real-world experience, comprising experts who have worked at the forefront of pioneering technologies. A substantial number of our lawyers hold qualifications in scientific or technical fields, meaning we are often called upon for our specialist knowledge and insight on large international mandates. We are respected for our creative and original solutions.

We offer both litigation and transactional support in relation to all IP rights, from small innovative projects to the largest, most complex and ground-breaking transactions and disputes.

Our approach has always been centred on client service, collaborating and innovating with our clients to create bespoke solutions that make their lives easier. This includes: our 'twobirds Pattern' product, a proprietary, in-house patent valuation and analysis tool, that allows us to landscape, analyse, and value patent portfolios in an automated and sophisticated way; and our innovative and dynamic Brand Protection Reporting Portal, which uses dynamic charts that give clients an up-to-date overview of their risk profile at any given time.

Talk to us to find out how our tools, experience and our genuine passion for IP can help you devise a strategy that will help to maintain your competitive edge, whilst protecting and optimising your IP in the best way possible.

Internationally Bird & Bird has over 400 IP lawyers, attorneys and legal professionals across our 29 offices, many of whom have known each other and worked together for years, meaning we're all on the same page and offer consistency and quality that runs through all levels of seniority. We are therefore ideally placed to devise and coordinate multi-jurisdictional litigation strategies and,in the future, to represent clients before the Unified Patent Court.

Office Locations: Australia, Belgium, China, Czech Republic & Slovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates and United States of America

Firm overview

As a law firm specializing in intellectual property, we handle the most intricate IP disputes in Saudi Arabia. Our devoted team of legal professionals is knowledgeable about the complexities of intellectual property law and has a thorough awareness of the special difficulties and opportunities that exist in the Saudi Arabian setting.

In order to protect and increase the value of our customers' intellectual property assets, we are dedicated to doing so. To that end, we offer extensive services that cover litigation, advisory support, IP audits, and transactional aid.

We are the go-to choice for businesses looking for top-tier counsel in the protection and infringement of their intellectual property rights in Saudi Arabia because of our unrivaled knowledge and track record of positive results.