Mohammed El Said

Professor Mohammed El Said (born 1976) obtained his Bachelor's degree in Law from the University of Jordan, Jordan (1998). He completed his LLM in International Business Law from the University of Manchester, UK (1999) and obtained his doctrate in 2005 from the same university for his research into the area of intellectual property and international trade. In 2005, he joined the Lancashire Law School as a Lecturer in International Trade Law. Professor El Said is a qualifed solicitor under the Jordanian Bar Association (2001). He also worked as a consultant with leading media organizations in the Middle East and for other international organizations including the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the World Health Organization (WHO). Professor El Said has several books and publications in the area of intellectual property rights. He is the author of Public Health Related TRIPS-Plus Provisions in Bilateral Trade Agreements: A Policy Guide for Negotiations and Implementers in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, published by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), 2010; IPRs in Jordan, Kluwer Law International BV, 2009, IPRs in Lebanon, Kluwer Law International BV, 2012, IPRs in Oman, Kluwer Law International BV, 2014 and The Development of Intellectual Property Protection in the Arab World, The Edwin Mellen Press, 2008. Professor El Said is a legal project lead for Creative Commons project (CC) in Qatar.