Abu-Ghazaleh Elected to IP Hall of Fame 2007
September 17 / 2007
Abu-Ghazaleh the first Arab to join the IP Hall of Fame
CHICAGO ----- 16 September 2007---- 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.
The 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.
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