Open Talk on designer rights by Sajidah Abu El-Zai, in the context of launching Design Jordan's regional product design competition.

Design Jordan launches its inaugural regional product design competition in its efforts to create a community that educates, nurtures, and promotes design in the Arab world. The competition, which will be judged by a diverse international high-profile jury, is open to professional and amateur individuals or teams of individuals from the Arab world. Aimed at amplifying the Arab region’s design sensibility, the competition seeks out designs or redesigns of everyday objects inspired by Arab culture. Design Jordan will research, develop, manufacture and strategically market the winning entry to regional and international retail outlets. Submissions will be accepted until 24 June 2010.

Darat al-Funun presents an open Talk by Sajida Abu El-Zai, KADDB lawyer, to discuss designer rights, from copyright to patents, and how to retain full license for creative work. The Talk will be followed by a session of Q & A on copyright as well as the design competition guidelines.

Design Jordan, a Jordanian design institution focused on creating positive social change through product innovation, is the result of the collaboration between KADDB and a group of local companies. The company creates innovative products inspired by the culture of the Arab World and adheres to international standards of safety and design.

Sajidah Abu El-Zai is a Legal Counsel at KADDB Investment Group. Abu El-Zai has worked on Jordan’s chapter in the “Protection and Enforcement of Domain Names in Jordan”, Lexis Nexus, February 2007 as well as Jordan’s chapter in the “Global Financial Services Regulators”, Oxford University Press, 2008.