Awamleh elected as Arab League intellectual property committee chair

AMMAN — The Technical Committee for Intellectual Property at the Arab League has elected Zain Awamleh, the director of the industrial property protection directorate of at the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Supply, as its chair for two years during a meeting in Cairo.

The committee was established following the resolution of Arab League Economic and Social Council at its 97th ordinary ministerial session to establish the rules of cooperation between the Arab countries and a strategy for joint Arab action in the field of intellectual property in the Arab region, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

Awamleh said in a press statement that her election to chair the committee comes in recognition of Jordan's efforts to protect intellectual property rights in various fields.