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Moving to the forefront of advanced nations is not a choice but a national duty. This requires, among other things, erecting the best industrial property protection systems despite all challenges, particularly in the transition phase that we must endure.
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November 28, 1999 at the National Seminar on Industrial Property and Technology Transfer in Arab States, Amman, Jordan

 

Talal Abu-Ghazaleh

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