MBH Advocates & Legal Consultants Dubai

Protecting Your Most Valuable Asset

The protection and defense of your idea, innovation, invention, or business process in the form of copyrights, patents, and trade secrets are crucial to your success as an artist, business owner, entrepreneur, or executive.

We offer a full spectrum of intellectual property services, including:

IP Litigation: When clients are facing or initiating litigation, we begin by developing a sound strategy, taking business goals and objectives into consideration. We consider an array of options such as a trial, mediation, and arbitration and work closely with clients to determine the best plan of action.

Our intellectual property litigation lawyers represent clients ranging from large businesses to start-ups and individual inventors on issues such as patents, trademarks, trade secrets, licensing, false advertising, etc.

Patents: We represent our clients in acquiring, enforcing, and licensing patents in the United Arab Emirates. The right conferred by a patent grant is the right to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, selling, or importing the invention into the United Arab Emirates.

Once a patent has been granted, the patent owner has the legal authority to exclude others from making, using, or selling the claimed invention in a particular country without consent, for a fixed period of time. Our lawyers prepare, file, and prosecute domestic and foreign utilities and design patent applications as well as assist clients by helping them capitalize on their patent rights by licensing and enforcing the patents.

Licensing: A licensing agreement determines the rights and responsibilities of the licensor and licensee, the terms, compensation, and whether the license is for exclusive or non-exclusive use.

While the transfer of intellectual property rights, delivers many opportunities, it can also bring the risks such as breaches. Whether selling or obtaining a license, we work closely with clients on the plenty of strategic considerations involved in negotiating, drafting, and enforcing an agreement that maximizes both the asset’s value and protection provided.

Trademarks, Service Marks, and Trade Dress

MBH Lawyers represent clients in trademark, service mark, and trade dress disputes of all varieties, including trademark breach, trademark dilution, faked advertising, unfair competition, gray market disputes, deceptive trade activities, right of publicity, and advertising litigation.

Our IP lawyers assist clients in navigating complex trademark opposition and cancellation transactions before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, counterfeiting issues, and trademark policing.

We will act for your intellectual property lawsuits on a contingency basis. We have all the resources needed for intellectual property claims, and our lawyers are proud that we can offer our services to clients dealing with copyright disputes, patent infringement, licensing agreement disputes, trademark violations, and other IP issues.

Protect Your Brand With Mohammed Bani Hashem Intellectual Property Office

Intellectual Property (IP) is the key asset for many businesses. Without a clear IP strategy, businesses may fail to protect their IP rights, leaving themselves without effective protection in cases of IP infringement.

Mohammed Bani Hashem Law Firm has established an independent Intellectual Property Office to provide professional technical services in the field of Intellectual Property Rights, as one of the leading in this field and staffed with a group of qualified experts and lawyers.

The Office is aimed to provide technical legal advice on intellectual property issues, prepare and audit contracts, revise and amend all kinds of infringements, protect intellectual property rights in accordance with applicable laws, international scientific concepts, and standards. Get intellectual property lawyer in Dubai with us and protect you brand.

Our IP Department provides distinguished services in the field of Intellectual Property, including Literary Property and Industrial Property, as well as legal expertise in the preparation of technical reports and memorandums for the Federal and Local Courts. With Mohammed Bani Hashem Intellectual Property Office get intellectual property lawyers in UAE and protect your brand.

Our services are provided under the professional supervision of the experienced legal expert in the field of intellectual property – Mr. Zahi Al Zureikat, accredited by the UAE Ministry of Justice and the Judicial Department in Abu Dhabi from 2009, and recently in the Dubai Courts.

Mr. Zahi Al Zureikat has over 28 years of field experience in the United Arab Emirates, participated in preparing the intellectual property laws and regulations of UAE during 1990-2007 at the Ministry of Economy and Ministry of Culture. He took part in most of the IP conferences, events, and workshops in cooperation with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

The most important issues and objectives of the Office are the technical and legal research of the most recent publications and studies issued by international IP institutions concerning intellectual property matters, such as WIPO, either by participating in these institutions, purchasing and accessing international and domestic conventions or applications.

Our Expertise

A full spectrum of intellectual property services includes:

• Legal technical advice and professional opinion on all branches of IP.
• Registration & protection of Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks, Trade names, and Trade secrets.
• Protection against unfair competition, protection of geographical indications.
• Protection of intellectual property rights related to new plant varieties and pharmaceutical products.
• IP Audits & Due Diligence.
• Drafting and reviewing contracts, providing a legal opinion in terms of its validity, whether for the transfer of literary property or industrial property, or its use and the consequent rights to the exploitation of all intellectual property rights.
• Intellectual Property Disputes via Litigation:

– Identification of infringement cases: counterfeiting, imitation, similarity, exposure, and proportionality.
– Developing a litigation strategy, in consideration of business goals and objectives.
– Mediation, Arbitration, representation in UAE courts of all levels.
– Issuing expert reports and independent technical legal opinions.
– Cancellation transactions before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.

• Patents:

– Submission, registration, enforcement, and licensing of patents to the competent authority both domestically and internationally.
– Assisting in the capitalization of patent rights by licensing and enforcing the patents.
– Combating with violations and infringements of “exclusive right of the patent owner”.

• Licensing:

– Determining the rights and obligations of the licensor and licensee to acquire, pursue and transfer the rights for exploitation.
– Determining the rights, whether exclusive or non-exclusive, and the duration of their validity and geographical scope.
– The transfer of rights in absolute means of the original right of “ownership and possession”.
– Negotiating, drafting, and enforcing agreements.

• Trademarks, Service Marks and Business Appearance:

– Breach of the trademark
– Devaluation of the trademark
– Counterfeit advertisements
– Unfair competition
– Deceptive business activity
– Issues of trademark counterfeiting

PERSONAL STATUS & FAMILY LAW

The personal status and family law governs family relationship including engagement, all types of marriage, maintenance and rights of spouses. Family Law covers procedures of separation, divorce, guardianship and inheritance.

MBH Advocates Law Firm provides consultations and full representation in all stages of Family matters proceedings and disputes. With us get the best best divorce lawyer Dubai. Our Lawyers guide about all possible rights within any family matter to reach effective and quick solutions regardless of any nationality or religion.

We offer expert advice and services on:

• Islamic and non-Islamic Marriages
• Islamic and non-Islamic Divorces
• Financial consequences on divorce
• Mediation
• Alimony
• Spousal maintenance
• Domestic Violence
• Paternity disputes
• Custody and Guardianship
• Custody is governed by international treaties and agreements
• Family assets protection

BUSINESSES & TRANSACTIONS

Commercial Law stands at the top of the pyramid of the different branches of law, and commercial transactions are the backbone of economic life in the United Arab Emirates.

Considering that the business rapidly accelerates and changes in the region, it causes constant changes in the legislation, forcing investors and companies to keep up with the innovations in terms of the specific laws, regulations, practices, and customs of the UAE.

MBH Advocates & Legal Consultants have the extensive practical experience and adapted to these changes in order to stay informed about the frequent amendments in the judicial system. Consequently, our team of lawyers and advisers is capable to handle extremely complicated situations in the UAE business market. The rundown of our customers contains local and foreign enterprises, family-owned businesses, budgetary establishments, and venture houses.

We offer expert advice and services on:

• Set-up of all possible business formations at Mainland or Free Zones, DIFC, and Offshore
• Family-owned business
• Obtaining various approvals with government authorities
• Negotiation and registration of Contracts, MOU, and Agreements
• Franchise Agreements
• Transfer of ownership
• Alternative Dispute Resolution, including in DIFC
• Arbitration, including in DIFC
• Intellectual Property Rights protection
• Corporate structuring and restructuring
• Mergers, Acquisitions, and Disposals
• Joint Ventures
• Bankruptcy, Insolvency and closing procedures
• General Commercial and Corporate Advisory
• Corporate In-House Counsel service
• Debt Collection, Bounced Cheques

INSURANCE LAW

The aim of each business is to earn profit. Just like any other business, making a profit is crucial to success for insurance companies.

Demand for alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in insurance and reinsurance has risen over the last ten years. MBH Lawyers commonly handle requests for both types of disputes arising in this field:

• Intra market insurance dispute resolution – claims between brokers, underwriters, and reinsurers.
• Insurance and insured dispute resolution – disputes between corporate clients or government/public sector institutions and their insurers.

Resolving of obviously intractable insurance disputes requires neutrals who are not only aware of the law but who know the market and the commercial impact of disputes. Our insurance lawyers are experienced in resolving complex disputes quickly and cost-effectively.

Sometimes insurance companies intend to pay partial claims that do not fully reimburse the losses or even deny the claim entirely for the purpose of profit-making.

Some insurance companies in UAE try to find gaps or try to apply vague terms and unclear language buried in fine print to deny a claim. Or they may delay a claim so that the policyholder will give up or accept less than the full amount of coverage.

In such cases, we provide the best legal solution to the policyholder to claim the insurance that he deserves.

Theoretically, the insurance company shall be on the recipient’s side at the moment of listed circumstances. But, usually, the insurance company becomes the opponent and the client ends up fighting for the equivalent of a miniature trial to get what he is entitled to.

Our lawyers have challenged all kinds of insurance disputes, including automotive, property, health, life, short and long-term disability, credit disability, business owners, and marine insurance claims.

Oblivious of the value of the claim, if you have had an insurance company refuse a claim, or deny making a competitive offer, then you should call and speak to one of our attorneys for a free consultation.

Labor Law

UAE Federal Labour Law is ever-changing and developing with both employers and employees having a wide and complex set of statutory rights, responsibilities, and obligations that must be observed.

MBH Law Firm provides expert legal advice and assistance in various labor issues in any emirate of the UAE, to defend employment guaranteed by the law.

We provide a wide range of services including negotiating employment or severance agreements, drafting and interpreting employment manuals, defending or prosecuting wrongful termination claims, or resolving any number of disputes that arise between employers and employees. In today’s complex economy, our experienced lawyers will help you in a professional and efficient manner.

We advise on various labour law issues including:

• Legal Review and advisory on company’s HR Policies and Employment Contracts
• Advisory on employee’s rights, including unfair dismissal claims
• Grievance and disciplinary matters
• Redundancy and re-organization procedures
• Representing in the Labour Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court on labour cases

PROPERTY

Mohammed Bani Hashim & company’s property advising services has a wide range all across the Middle East and considers all the aspects related to the property industry. We established our property services in 2003 and maintained to produce the best of its services in the real estate legal space.

The team of our legal representatives is qualified from Western as well as regional institutions that make them much more efficient and talented.

Our team of well-respected property lawyers harnesses an impressive blend of western and qualifications, and is able to work in both the styles.

Our Expertise

More often Government Authorities are hiring us for consultancy services on the issues related to the content and drafting of new property laws and regulations. Our significant association in the improvement of the underlying legal structure guarantees our clients’ access to matchless legal advice and comprehension.

Being a top-rated consultancy firm we have the capability for the confrontation of all the aspects related to real estate legal practice, including the following:

1. Administrative and administrative issues.
2. Setting up and permitting land organizations.
3. Financing and securities.
4. REITS and Real Estate Funds
5. Strata and blended utilization plans.
6. Land obtaining and improvement, including joint endeavors.
7. Property question determination, including court case and nearby and universal discretion.
8. Business property exchanges.
9. Long haul leases – private, business and retail.
10. Short-haul lease agreements – private, business, and retail.
11. General proprietor and inhabitant guidance, including case and question.

CIVIL LITIGATION

While dealing with a legal dispute, it’s important to get it fixed as rapidly and effectively as possible. Legal disputes are always creating stress in every area of your life and may waste extra years if not handled correctly. The aim of dealing with legal disputes is to get a fast resolution of the matters.

Our lawyers will make sure of a fair deal when everything is said and done. We specialize in reliable legal solutions including negotiations, alternative dispute resolution, trial, and appeal. We also specialize in handling all forms of alternative dispute resolution, including negotiating settlements and representing parties in mediation and arbitration.

From ordinary automobile accident claims, up to complex cases, our law firm provides the same dedicated, quality representation to all our clients. We are regularly brought in as trial or appellate attorneys to handle particularly challenging matters.